Pakistan keen to import tea, coffee from Ethiopia

Envoy says Ethiopian tea is coming from other channels, stresses on bilateral connectivity

ISLAMABAD:

Pakistani traders have expressed keen interest in buying tea and coffee from Ethiopia at affordable rates.

Members of a joint delegation of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) and the Pakistan Tea Association, in a meeting with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Jemal Beker Abdula, said, “There is a huge demand of tea and coffee in Pakistan, but connectivity, quality control mechanisms and institutional linkages between the two countries are the need of the hour.”

Work on establishing connectivity and institutional linkages between the two countries for social, economic, and political cooperation was intensively underway said the ambassador.

“Currently, Ethiopian tea is coming from other channels, but we are working on different agreements in collaboration with Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce to enable the two countries to boost trade in diverse areas,” remarked Abdula.

He added that the Ethiopian government was making legal, institutional and economic reforms that ensure security, ease of doing business and provide a conducive environment for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).

Published in The Express Tribune, November 20^th, 2022.

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