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How can I export from Pakistan?
Following documents are required for the processing of export.
E-Form ( from the authorized commercial bank)
Commercial invoice.
Certificate country of origin.
Packing list.
B/L or AWB.
Non-GMO certificate ( for selected countries )
Pre-shipment certificate(if needed )
Pakistan is the country of many opportunities. It has many natural resources and organic products to offer to the other countries. The major exports of Pakistan include meat, wool, hair, poultry, livestock, animal bone, casings, waste, and its products. The livestock sector of the country creates very good export opportunities for livestock and its products. For the export purposes, all the live animals have to pass through the quarantine process for a certain period. The export of livestock from Pakistan has great potential, as many countries that lack livestock and its products import from other countries.
motivational story
When Shabbir Ahmad, owner of a small towel factory, came to know that lucrative export of exotic birds was picking up, he built cages of various sizes in a vacant area of his factory premises located in New Karachi.
With the guidance of his friend Khalid, who was in the birds trade for quite some time, he reared various species of birds to try his luck in the new business.
It has been a-year-and-a-half since Ahmad embarked on his new venture. He has now abandoned his old business and is engaged in the avian trade.
He says: “The business is interesting and many times more profitable than my towel trade.”
Now the premises, instead of the rattling sound of towel machines, is reverberating with the chirp and tweets of tiny beautiful birds such as budgerigars, lovebirds, cockatiels, finch, Java, sparrows and doves.
In the beginning he used to sell the birds in the local market. Gathering expertise and experience, he started exporting birds to the Middle East including Dubai, Turkey, Thailand, Russia, Iran and as far as Holland. But at present his exports are confined to Muscat and Bahrain as there are restrictions on export of birds in other countries after the spread of avian flue.
“Though the flue never visited the country and the birds were safe, the ban remains imposed,” he regrets.
Karachi during the last several years has become the biggest birds breeding and exporting centre followed by Lahore. Most of these exportable birds breed fast, lay five to six eggs and hatch out four to five chicks at a time.
The commercially viable bird breeds are budgerigars, java, sparrows, finches, cockatiels, ring neck parrots, alexandrines (mountain parrots), lovebirds, doves and zebra finches. Though cockatoos, Amazon parrots and macaws - the king of parrot kingdom - are also being bred locally, they are being exported very sparingly primarily due to two reasons.
One, they take much longer to mature and breed, and two, their production is not enough to meet the export demand.
Akhtar, a bird trader who owns a shop in Buffer Zone, North Karachi, says, “The cockatoos, which are Australian by origin and have been imported and bred locally, are the costliest among the birds and a pair is sold at a fabulous price of Rs200, 000.
Similarly the African grey parrots cost Rs70, 000-75,000 per pair,” he added.
Thus the economics of bird farming requires the breeding of commercial varieties which explains the exports dominated by these varieties. Budgerigars top the birds’ exports list. The demand within the country is also increasing with the passage of time. This is indicated by the daily activity at the bird markets at the Empress Market and weekly Sunday Bazaar in Liaquatabad, Karachi.
A bird trader, not disclosing his name for fear of being harassed by the bhatta mafia and the excise department, said some shopkeepers were doing a roaring business of Rs30,000- 40,000 daily.
Waseem Siddiqui, another shopkeeper in the same area, said bird business has a lot of potential. Giving the market rates he said: “A pair of grey cockatiels costs Rs3,800 per pair, budgerigars Rs700, Zebra finch Rs300 to R350 per pair, love bird Rs3,000-5,500, imported Rosella Rs15,000, grey parrots Rs30,000 per pair and Macaw Rs160,000- 3,50,000 per pair.
Akhtar said white chick crystal costs Rs25,000 per pair. “Invest Rs100,000 and buy four pairs of the species, and if all goes well and luck favours, you can earn Rs50,000 per month in a few months when these birds start breeding and multiplying. We purchase the grown up chicks for Rs20,000 per pair. Many people in the avian business are earning their livelihood,” he added.
Another shopkeeper Shariq said: “Only if you rear four species namely fisher which is Rs6,000 per pair, Java, Rs3,500, Blue Personata Rs5,500 and Australians Rs700 per pair you can earn between Rs20-30 thousand per month with an initial investment of Rs100,000 without any fear of loss. What is needed is proper care of the birds,” he added.