LAHORE: Commerce Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that the Ministry of Commerce has not received any special request from China for any agreement related to donkey meat and hide.
“These items are already covered under China Pakistan Free Trade Agreement,” the minister said during the question-hour session in the National Assembly.
Since, he added, there was no case of any special agreement between Pakistan and China regarding donkey meat and skin, therefore, there is no delay in implementation.
Answering another question, he said Pakistan and Malaysia signed a Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (MPCEPA) effective from January 2008 to promote bilateral trade.
Under this comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (FTA), he added, both the countries have provided concession to each other on over 5.000 tariff lines.
He said Pakistan had allowed access to Malaysia on palm oil, processed food, crude oil chemicals, plastic material and articles of wood and metal etc.
He said Malaysia had provided access to Pakistan on cotton yarn, cotton textiles, bed linen, home textiles, jewelry, kinnow, mangoes, engineering goods, leather products and minerals etc.
