Pakistan
Food and Drink Sector Review
Definition and scale of sector
- Agricultural commodities supply primary produce processing,
- Secondary processing,
- Wholesaling distribution,
- Food-processing machinery
Why the sector was chosen in the West Midlands
- Employment growth recorded in cluster.
- Consumer tastes and concerns over food safety are key drivers.
- Both create opportunities to value added through, for example, innovations in prepared ethnic foods and organics.
- Significant force for change in rural areas through a strengthening of supply linkages.
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Setting A Poultry Farm - A Report from IAR - February 2008
Poultry industrty is once again facing crisis due to avian influenza. Large-scale deaths of birds was confirmed at a local farm, (bird flu) that has crept into Karachi.
Within a few days almost 12,000 broiler birds of four weeks, have been lost in only one farm in Gadap Town. Although the owner has ensured all the routine vaccination to the birds, except the avian influenza (AI) vaccines. The government officials had told him that there was no need to vaccinate the broiler birds against AI.
The magnitude of the deaths of birds and the symptoms of the disease gave the impression that the development was very similar to avian influenza, which had already affected some other poultry forms in Gadap and Bin Qasim Town as well as farms in some other parts of the province.
Source: IAR - Industrial Advisory Reports
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Poultry Industry II - A Report from IAR - February 2008
Poultry include chicken, turkey, ducks and geese. These items are raised for meat and eggs. The poultry industry has made great strides in the last few decades in Pakistan and has increased at the rate of 20 to 25 percent per annum.
Modern poultry farming plays an important role, as far as nutrition is concerned. It is an easy and relatively cheap method of raising the dietary standards of the people. The shortage of animal protein in Pakistan has been estimated about 1.5 million ton, at 140 million population.
The human diet in Pakistan is deficient with respect to proteins of animal origin. At present 66 percent are suffering from deficent in protein. According to international standard the requirement of protein is 102.7 gram per head per day while the available protein is 69.61 gram per head per day. The gap in requirement of protein is 33.09 gram. The main source of animal protein is beef, mutton, milk, poultry meat and eggs.
Source: IAR - Industrial Advisory Reports
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Poultry Industry - A Report from IAR - January 2008
Pakistan’s economy witnessed a moderate recovery during FY07 with real GDP growth reaching the 7.0 percent target, as compared to 6.6 percent in FY06. This is the fourth successive year of sustained high growth in the economy, with the average annual growth accelerating to 7.0 percent during the 2003- 07. Growth in agriculture and industry also showed an improvement, over the previous year.
Agricultural growth was primarily due to a considerably improved performance of the cropping sub-sector, which overshadowed the impact of a growth in the meat and eggs.
Source: IAR - Industrial Advisory Reports
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Fruit juice processing Industry IV - Update - January 2008
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has developed guidelines for banks to enhance flow of formal credit to the horticulture sector, keeping in view its importance and untapped potential.
These guidelines are aimed at assisting and facilitating banks to penetrate in this sector by rigorously financing related activities. The guidelines cover the financing for horticulture crops and its value addition/processing. Whereas, the financing for hortibusiness activities are to be made as per prudential regulations of commercial and SME financing.
The main objectives of the guidelines are to facilitate banks in developing internal expertise and products for horticulture financing, to encourage and facilitate financial sector to provide needed working capital and term finance to horticulture sector, and to promote export of fruits and vegetables foods by promoting processing industry for value addition.
Source: IAR - Industrial Advisory Report
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Tomato Paste Industry II - A Report from IAR - November 2007
Agriculture sector is the backbone of Pakistan’s economy employing 44 percent of the work force. Nature has blessed Pakistan with an ideal climate for growing a large variety of vegetables and fruits. Agricultural sector is directly or indirectly, contributing one fourth of the GDP.
Pakistan has a total fruit production of about 5,900,881 ton and total vegetable production of about 6,171,986 ton. The production of main fruits and their export can be seen in IAR#74 table-5. The production of fruits and vegetables in Pakistan has not been trated by better postharvest management and by appropriate modernization of the processing techniques, causes losses.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Tomato Paste Industry I - October 2007
Agriculture continues to be the single largest sector, a dominant driving force for growth and the main source of livelihood for 66 percent of the country’s population. It accounts for 20.9 percent of the GDP and employs 43.4 percent of the total work force. Agriculture contributes to growth as a supplier of raw materials to industry as well as a market for industrial products and also contributes substantially to Pakistan’s exports earnings. Thus any improvements in agriculture will not only help country’s economic growth to rise at a faster rate but will also benefit a large segment of the country’s population and eliviate poverty.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Friut Juice processing Industry I - A Report from IAR - November 2007
Agriculture remains the largest sector of the Pakistan economy contributing 22 percent to the GDP and employing 44.8 percent of the total labour force. About 65.9 percent of the country’s population living in rural areas is directly or indirectly linked with agriculture for its livelihood. Pakistan is blessed with a diverse climate, fertile land and one of the best canal irrigation systems in the world.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Mango Processing Unit II - June 2007
Pakistani mangoes are in great demand in the international market due to their quality and variety, besides nutrient and minerals contents. It is one of the most popular tropical fruits in the world and an important export item earning about $24 million annually. Around 60 to 70 percent good quality mango is exported to Middle East and 15 to 16 percent to Europe. The volume of exports varies from year to year as in 2003 and 2004 it was around, 59,000 and 77,000 ton, respectively.
Pakistani mangoes are directly compositing with India mangoes. Indian is the world’s largest producer of mangoes but Pakistan has cost, advantage over it, in terms of transportation costs because of lesser distances of ports, especially for Middle Eastern markets.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Mango Processing Unit I - June 2007
The Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is the most economically important fruit in the Anacardiaceae (Cashew or poison ivy family). Other important members of this family include cashew and pistachio. The mango is the most important foodstuff for inhabitants of the tropics after the banana. There are 150 cultivars of mangoes produced around the world.
There are thousands of mango cultivars grown throughout the world, of which Asia has over 500 varieties, 69 species mostly restricted to tropical regions. Mango is the 4th most rapidly growing trade after taro, single strength citrus juice and cassava tapioca. Being the third largest grower of mangoes Pakistan produces approximately 5.86 percent of the total world’s mango production.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Rice Husking & Polishing Unit II - December 2006
Rice is consumed as a major food item after wheat in the world, as well as in Pakistan. Rice is grown on a large irrigated area in Pakistan and it is an important Kharif crop. During husking the rice is removed from the husk, while the rice is further refined through different machines, during the polishing process. The objective of this report is to provide information showing an investment opportunity for setting up a Rice Husking & Polishing Unit.
In Pakistan, the area under rice cultivation is the third largest, after the area under wheat and cotton crops. Total area under rice cultivation was 2.5 million hectare during the year 2004-05. The target for 2005-06 was set for 2.533 million hectare with a production of 5 million ton.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Rice Husking & Polishing Unit I - November 2006
Pakistan rank’s No. 10 in rice production in the world and is 4th largest exporter of rice. Rice export target was set up $ 2 billion by 2013, but the exporters of rice are planning to enhance the export to $ 3 billion, mainly through value-addition. The target has been revised rice export from $ 1.6 to $ 2 billion because of the export potential of the commodity.
Exporters are focusing not only increasing export quantity by 15 percent per annum but also on value addition of the commodity. Therefore, we are giving here pre investment feasibility of a Rice Husking unit.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Snacks Industry In Pakistan II - November 2006
According to latest figures the production of potato decreased to 1688,000 ton in 2005-06 as against 1938,000 ton in 2003-04, while area increased from 110,000 hectare to 127,000 hectare in 05-06. The target of potato production was set at 2025,000 ton and area under cultivation to 112,200 hectare for 2005-06. This shows that in spite of increasing area from 112,000 to 127,200 hectare the production target was short of 337,000 ton. The production in 2004-05 was 2025,000 ton.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Snacks Industry In Pakistan I - October 2006
Nobody cares about the price of potato chips packet, but when the cost is calculated it comes to about Rs. 500 per kg. It shows that how much value addition benefit products. Moreover, if a packet of imported chips is being used the price of a kg potato comes to Rs. 1,200 to Rs. 1,500!
Potato is widely grown in Pakistan and also exported to almost 12 countries of the world. It is the staple food in many countries and has high nutrition value. It becomes more precious when it comes in the form of value added products like potato chips, canned potato food, and other potato products.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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Agriculture in Pakistan and the Doha Development Agenda - September 2006
The Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) is a major outcome of the Uruguay Round. It came into force on 1 January 1995 as part of the single undertaking. The preamble to the AoA recognizes that the agreed long-term objective of the reform process initiated by the Uruguay Round is to establish a fair and market-oriented agricultural trading system. The reform programme comprises specific commitments to reduce support and protection in the areas of domestic support, export subsidies and market access.
The AoA provides for implementation of the programme in an equitable manner among all Members by including aspects relating to nontrade concerns, such as food security and the need to protect the environment.
Source: European Commission - International Trade Centre
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Mushroom Cultivation review - April 2006
Only about 45 percent of mushrooms produced are consumed in the fresh form. The rest of the 55 percent is processed with 5 percent in the dehydrated form and 50 percent in the canned form. This is because their shelf life in the fresh form is very short. Hence mushrooms are traded in the world market mostly in the processed form.
Netherlands is the largest exporter of canned button mushrooms with a market share of about 38.5 percent. China is another significant exporter of the processed form of this variety, accounting for almost 30 percent of world trade. France is another important exporter, contributing to about 13.5 percent of the world exports.
Source: IAR (Industrial Advisory Reports)
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