LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Pakistan ne September mein Vietnam se zyada chawal export kiya, 4 lakh 20 hazar tonnes ke muqable mein 3 lakh 37 hazar tonnes, Vietnam ki foreign trade agency ke figures ke mutabiq, jabke Gulf mein jang ki wajah se shipping mein paida hone wali rukawat ke bawajood exporters mazboot rahe.
Pakistan ne har tonne par bhi zyada kamaya, ausatan $621 jabke Vietnam ka $563, jis mein premium Basmati aur doosri qismon ke mel ne madad di. Vietnam rawayati taur par dunya ka teesra sab se bara chawal export karne wala mulk hai, jis maqam ko hasil karne ke liye Pakistan zor laga raha hai.
Chawal ki sanat ke mahir Hamid Malik ne kaha ke yeh tabdili December 2025 mein shuru hui, jab Pakistan is millennium mein pehli baar Vietnam ki maheene ki export volume se aage nikal gaya. Unhon ne kaha ke maali saal ki pehli timahi, July se September, mein Pakistan ki chawal ki kul export volume 51% barhi aur aamdani 37% barhi.
Unhon ne is ki wajah pichhle saal ke bache hue bare stocks aur chawal ki kasht ke raqbe mein 18 se 20% izafe ko qarar di, saath hi urea ki aasani se dastyabi aur zaraati qarz ki aasan farahmi ko bhi.
Yeh izafa jang shuru hone ke baad se zyada freight rates, marine insurance premiums aur adaigiyon mein takheer ke bawajood hua. Crisis ke shuruaati hisse mein Thailand, Vietnam aur Pakistan se aam, bina khushbu wale chawal ki exports 20 se 30% kam hui, lekin Pakistan aur India ke premium dane Basmati ki aalami tijarat 6.9 million tonnes par barqarar rahi, jo 2025 ke barabar hai.
Pakistani exporters ko dhaan ke liye kam az kam imdadi qeemat nahin milti, na hi riyasat ke kharch par marine insurance ya freight subsidies, aur nijji millers market rates par kharidte hain.
