Pakistan has started supplying meat to Uzbekistan, Nigoh Telegram channel, close the Presidential Administration said. Reportedly, this week, the first 18-ton batch of meat will arrive in Tashkent.
Another 50 containers of meat (900 tons in total) are expected to be shipped during March.
Malik Sher Khan, head of the Pakistani company Shaheen, said that Pakistan has turned its attention to the Uzbek market after the signing of preferential trade agreements.
On March 4, both countries signed a preferential trade agreement. Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan agreed on the further development of the Trans-Afghan Railway, noting that there is potential to increase the two-way trade up to $500 million.
“It is noteworthy that Uzbekistan has been taking measures to diversify transport routes and develop regional ties for several years now. According to Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the completion of the Termez-Mazari-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway will create the closest, cheap and safe corridor connecting Pakistan with Central Asia and leading Uzbekistan to the ports of Karachi, Gwadar and Qasim. This railway will completely change the face of our regions, he stated.
In November 2021, the first transit cargo from Uzbekistan arrived in Pakistan. The Pakistani authorities called it "the beginning of a new era of cooperation." Pakistan swiftly simplified customs procedures for Uzbek trucks to enter the country without paying an entry fee deposit.
