Pakistan starts fruit delivery to Russia via land route

Pakistan has begun shipping fruit to Russia over a land route that is around 6,000 kilometers long. Over the course of the weekend, sixteen trucks belonging to Pakistan’s National Logistics Corporation (NLC) carrying oranges reached the Russian cities of Grozny and Derbent.

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Russia praised the NLC’s efforts and expressed gratitude for helping to develop bilateral trade between the two nations. NLC is a state-owned enterprise facilitating the export of Pakistani products such as bananas, meat, and seafood to Central Asia and China.

In September 2023, goods from Russia reached Pakistan under the Transport International Routes (TIR) Convention, a global transit system enabling the movement of goods across borders without intermediate customs checks.

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Pakistan and Uzbekistan, both signatories of the TIR Convention, have taken significant steps to enhance bilateral trade this year, including the signing of a $1 billion trade deal in February. Pakistan is actively seeking better trade relations with its neighbors and central Asian countries. Besides trade, it is striving for foreign investment, primarily from the Middle East, to support its forex reserves and stabilize the rupee, which has devalued significantly int the past few years.