印度和巴基斯坦的棉花贸易可能不会受到进口关税上调的影响

India-Pak cotton trade may not be hit by import duty hike
India’sexportof ginnedcottonand cotton yarn to Pakistan may remain unaffected after the former last week hiked the customs duty on all goods imported from the latter to 200 per cent with immediate effect. Pakistan will continue to buy Indian cotton due to domestic output shortage and the favourable cotton market provided by its neighbour, experts feel.
Cotton export is unaffected so far and Pakistan is not expected to pose hurdles as their cotton industry requires raw material from India, the most accessible and price-lucrative market for them, Atul Ganatra, president of the Cotton Association of India, told a top Indian business daily.
Pakistan is expected toimportaround one-million bales of cotton from India in the current fiscal, he said.
The cotton export to Pakistan will continue even if Pakistan hikes the duty as the consignments would be routed via ports in Dubai and Singapore, Exporters feel.
译文如下：
印度和巴基斯坦的棉花贸易可能不会受到进口关税上调的影响
上周，印度将从巴基斯坦进口的所有商品的关税上调至200%，并立即生效。印度向巴基斯坦出口的轧棉和棉纱可能不会受到影响。专家认为，巴基斯坦将继续购买印度棉花，原因是国内产量短缺，以及邻国提供的有利棉花市场。
印度棉花协会主席阿图尔•加纳特拉对印度一家主流商业日报表示，迄今为止，棉花出口未受影响，预计巴基斯坦也不会构成障碍，因为该国棉花行业需要来自印度的原材料，而印度是他们最容易进入、价格最有利可图的市场。
他说，在当前的财政状况下，巴基斯坦预计将从印度进口大约100万包棉花。
出口商认为，尽管巴基斯坦提高了棉花出口关税，但对巴基斯坦的棉花出口仍将继续，因为棉花将通过迪拜和新加坡的港口转运。