Pahalgam terror attack: The central government is taking strict action after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir. The Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan has been closed. India has suspended the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, canceled the visas of all Pakistani citizens and ordered them to leave India within 48 hours. According to sources, India is also preparing to stop exporting goods to Pakistan. In 2024, India’s exports to Pakistan reached a five -year highest level of $ 1.21 billion.
These items are sent to Pakistan from India.
Many types of food items are exported to Pakistan from India, which are useful in daily life, such as various types of fruits and vegetables, including potatoes, onions, garlic etc. While pulses, chickpeas and basmati rice are also sent. Apart from this, Pakistan also imports many seasonal fruits like mangoes and bananas from India.
Indian tea is famous all over the world. Aromatic tea leaves from Assam and Darjeeling are also sent to Pakistan. Apart from this, India also sends various types of spices like chilli, turmeric, cumin. Along with this, other items exported from India to Pakistan include biological chemicals, medicines, sugar and sweets.
What comes from Pakistan to India?
Goods coming from Pakistan to India include cement, Indus salt, multani mitti, cotton, leather and some medical equipment. Apart from this, Peshwari slippers and Lahori Kurta are also imported from Pakistan to India.
Attari is the only site trade route from Pakistan.
Attari, located just 28 km from Amritsar, is the first terrestrial port in India. The trade between India and Pakistan is only through the Attari-Wagah border, so this check is playing an important role in importing 120 acres and directly connected to the National Highway-1, especially from Afghanistan.
Over the years, trade on the Attari-Wagah Corridor has gone through several ups and downs. While this trade was between 4100-4300 crore rupees in the year 2017-18 and the year 2018-19, it declined to Rs 2772 crore in the year 2019-20 and Rs 2639 crore in the year 2020-21.
Trade declined further in the year 2022-23 and it was only Rs 2257.55 crore. However, in 2023-24 trade between the two countries reached Rs 3886 crore with a big boom. In 2023-24, 6,871 trucks passed through this route and the movement of 71,563 passengers was recorded.
The post affected business of three thousand crores: Pakistan will suffer this loss due to the closure of the Wagah-Attari border. Breaking India News, The Indian Headline, India Express News, Fast India News.
