According to an official quoting the news agency PTI, trade items, including dried fruits and chemicals worth about $ 500 million, are entering India through mediated countries such as UAE, Singapore, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
The official indicated that a large part of the Pakistani exports already sent directly to India is now being broadcast through alternative countries.
The UAE allegedly acts as a repair and relaying point for Pakistani fruits, dry dates, leather and textiles before their dispatch in India, while chemicals are reportedly sent through Singapore.
The Indonesian region is used to cross Pakistani cement, soda ash and textile raw materials. The official claimed that Pakistani dried fruits, salt and leather products were being taken to India via Sri Lanka.
Given the possibility of exporting $ 500 million into India through alternative routes, the official emphasized the need to implement full prohibition on Pakistani exports in India, whether it is direct or indirect, and to monitor and identify those items that can enter through the original manipulation. “This comprehensive ban, including India’s ban on indirect exports by India, would enable customs authorities to prevent Pakistan’s exports from entering India,” the official said.
This report comes when the central government banned trade with Pakistan on 22 April amidst the Tensions after the Pahalgam terror attack, resulting in 26 fatal. Ajay Srivastava, the founder of the Global Business Research Initiative (GTRI) Ajay Srivastava said, “India’s already minuscule imports from Pakistan-$ 0.5 million-will be zero in one year. No one will miss in India that perhaps the Himalayas were extracted from pink salt (Seeda salt), Pakistan’s salt deposits,” a recent statement (GTRI) said Ajay Srivastava.
It also has long come against the background of trade restrictions. After the Pulwama attack in 2019, India imposed 200 percent tariffs on Pakistani goods. As a result, the direct trade between April 2024 and January 2025 declined by only $ 0.42 million, mostly for items such as figs such as figs ($ 78,000), basil and rosemary herbs ($ 18,856), and Himalayan pink salt.
The official record of Islamabad indicates the Indian High Commission that India procured various goods from Pakistan, including copper, food fruits and nuts, cotton, salt, sulfur, organic chemicals, mineral fuels, plastic, wool, glass substances and raw skins.
In contrast, India’s exports to Pakistan include diverse products, including cotton, organic chemicals, food products, animal feed, food vegetables, plastic articles, man -made filaments, coffee, tea, spices, dyes, oil seeds, dairy products and pharmaceutical items.
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