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Article: Pakistan: Positive list expanded: import of diesel, fuel oil allowed.
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- July 19, 2008
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The commerce minister during his speech unveiling the trade policy for 2008-09 announced a unilateral expansion of the positive list of tradable items from India without any reciprocity from India on the cards. Also allowed are imports of diesel and fuel oil from India.
The commerce ministry which has been unable to convince India to liberalise its import policy towards Pakistani imports has, nonetheless, announced the inclusion of 136 additional tariff lines through land and sea routes. The commerce minister defended his pro-India import policy by insisting that ''India is our neighbour and we are gradually liberalising our bilateral ...