Azad Kashmir traders not sending enough goods to Kashmir
Friday, 17 July 2009
POONCH (Kashmir), Jul 16 (PTI): Accusing traders from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) of not sending an equal amount of goods under the weekly cross Line of Control (LoC) barter trade system, Jammu and Kashmir traders have sent back their eight trucks carrying green gram.
On finding that only eight trucks of goods worth Rs 30 lakh were sent by PoK traders at Trade Facilitation Centre at Rangarh near Chakan-da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch district, local traders refused to accept them and returned them back last evening, official sources said here on Wednesday.
The J&K traders complained that PoK traders were not sending an equal amount of goods exported by traders from this side leading to a huge gap in import-export, they said.
However, trade consignment from J&K side was sent in 20 trucks to PoK on Tuesday, the sources said adding these trucks carried goods worth Rs 93 lakhs.
The consignment included coconut, onion, potatoes, pineapple, dry coriander and brown cardamom.
J&K traders claimed that their money has been blocked by a number of businessmen in PoK and despite their repeated requests through e-mail, the traders have not been sending goods of an equal amount.
The traders had also submitted a written complaint to trade facilitation officer Matloob Khan with a plea to take up the matter with the higher authorities so that Jammu and Kashmir traders do not suffer.
On finding that only eight trucks of goods worth Rs 30 lakh were sent by PoK traders at Trade Facilitation Centre at Rangarh near Chakan-da-Bagh crossing point in Poonch district, local traders refused to accept them and returned them back last evening, official sources said here on Wednesday.
The J&K traders complained that PoK traders were not sending an equal amount of goods exported by traders from this side leading to a huge gap in import-export, they said.
However, trade consignment from J&K side was sent in 20 trucks to PoK on Tuesday, the sources said adding these trucks carried goods worth Rs 93 lakhs.
The consignment included coconut, onion, potatoes, pineapple, dry coriander and brown cardamom.
J&K traders claimed that their money has been blocked by a number of businessmen in PoK and despite their repeated requests through e-mail, the traders have not been sending goods of an equal amount.
The traders had also submitted a written complaint to trade facilitation officer Matloob Khan with a plea to take up the matter with the higher authorities so that Jammu and Kashmir traders do not suffer.