Federal government imposed ban on the export of onions and bananas
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00:00 On one hand, we see that the government is trying to fix the financial situation.
00:09 But on the other hand, the situation is that inflation is the biggest reality right now.
00:16 Be it Islamabad, Karachi or Lahore, you hear about the prices and then you think, should I buy it?
00:25 Or should I cry tears of joy?
00:26 I remember that the prices of onions have gone up in Islamabad, Rawalpindi and other cities.
00:35 If I tell you the prices of Rawalpindi and Islamabad, it has gone up to Rs. 340 per kilo.
00:41 If we talk about Peshawar, onions are available for Rs. 310 per kilo.
00:47 The statistics show that in Sialkot, Lahore, onions are Rs. 280 per kilo.
00:54 In Gujranwala, it is Rs. 260 per kilo. In Karachi, it is Rs. 250 to Rs. 300 per kilo.
00:57 In Karachi, the rates are based on the areas.
01:01 In Sargodha, Multan, Hyderabad, it is Rs. 240 per kilo.
01:03 In Bahawalpur, it is Rs. 230 per kilo.
01:05 In Faisalabad, it is Rs. 210 per kilo.
01:06 MashaAllah, prices are not lower than Rs. 200 per kilo.
01:09 In Sukkur, onions are Rs. 200 per kilo.
01:11 In Larkana, it is Rs. 220 per kilo.
01:13 Everywhere, prices are Rs. 200 per kilo.
01:15 Nowhere are prices lower than Rs. 200 per kilo.
01:17 On one hand, we see that the ceiling has been broken.
01:22 The lower ceiling is Rs. 200 per kilo.
01:24 In this regard, a statement was made in the National Assembly.
01:29 The situation was that Naveed Qamar spoke.
01:33 He said that the ban on exports should be removed.
01:38 This is causing a lot of damage to exporters.
01:42 The ban on the export of bananas and onions was being raised.
01:45 We were saying that the prices may be reduced.
01:48 Naveed Qamar said that this is putting pressure on exporters.
01:54 They are public representatives.
01:56 This is not the case with the public.
01:58 Why do the public vote for them?
02:02 Why do they vote for them in the Assembly?
02:03 So that they can raise their voice.
02:05 They can raise their issue and raise their voice.
02:07 The government's action to ban the export of bananas and onions,
02:11 after which there was a significant reduction,
02:14 but the government had to face opposition from its own party.
02:19 Shazia Murry, Naveed Qamar,
02:21 raised a notice against the government's decision in the National Assembly.
02:25 They said that the ban would cause damage to the shops.
02:29 Agriculturists are being killed.
02:34 They don't say to an industry that their products are expensive,
02:39 so we should ban their exports.
02:41 But they can ban everything from farmers.
02:43 This is a dilemma for the country,
02:45 which is why our productivity is so low.
02:48 Export is also a side that needs to be looked at.
02:51 People open LCs,
02:52 people suffer losses.
02:54 The reputation of Pakistan at the international level is also at stake.
02:58 This step was taken to address the inflation.
03:02 What has improved in that?
03:03 What has improved in numbers?
03:05 The minister will tell us.
03:06 I am very much sure that this will not be a big problem.
03:10 Export companies have approved the ban on banana and onion in their first meeting.
03:22 We have been monitoring this for a week or two.
03:26 If the escalation in the sensitive price index is not high,
03:30 then this can be reviewed and eased.
03:34 People expect the government to pay attention to their problems.
03:40 If you ban exports in your country,
03:43 then prices will fall and it will be easier for people.
03:46 But if you allow export,
03:48 then there will be a demand and supply factor.
03:50 Absolutely.
03:52 If you send everything out,
03:54 what will happen to your own people?
03:55 And this was only after Ramadan.
03:58 So we should assume that the public will not get immediate relief.
04:01 People have already lost 300-350 rupees.
04:05 These are not luxurious food items.
04:10 You are in a better position to tell what things are not made without it.
04:15 No, nothing is made without it.
04:18 You can add tempering to lentils,
04:19 even if you have boiled it.
04:20 But you need onions to add tempering to lentils.
04:23 So nothing is happening without onions.
04:25 Plus, the demand for bananas increases in Ramadan
04:28 because fruit chaat is made.
04:30 So this is a necessary part of it.
04:31 Absolutely.
04:32 Let's move on to this.
04:34 Anjum Wahab, our representative is with us.
04:36 He keeps an eye on these things.
04:37 Anjum, the ban on food commodities
04:41 that they will not be sent out,
04:43 did it make a difference or not?
04:48 This ban has been in place for only 2-3 days.
04:50 The most interesting thing is that
04:52 when the onion crop was spoiled in India,
04:53 they imposed a ban on their exports.
04:56 In our country, the onion crop was good,
04:58 but it was exported
04:59 at a minimum of Rs 800 per ton.
05:02 It was exported to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc.
05:06 When the demand for onions was low,
05:09 the minimum export price was Rs 1,250 per ton.
05:12 Some parties sent their onions there.
05:14 But after that, the price was going up
05:16 to Rs 900 per ton.
05:20 When this ban was announced,
05:21 the price of onions was Rs 9,000 per 40 kg.
05:26 Today, it is Rs 8,000.
05:28 The export price has gone up to Rs 8,000.
05:31 The market rate has gone up to Rs 6,000 per 40 kg.
05:35 The market rate has gone up to Rs 150 per kg.
05:38 But the retail market has not yet seen any impact.
05:41 The price of onions in the market is Rs 180-170 per kg.
05:48 But the price of onions that are a little better
05:49 cannot be called better.
05:51 I will show you.
05:53 This is the kind of onion that is sold for Rs 240-250 per kg.
05:58 This is a very small size of onion.
06:01 Otherwise, you get small size onions.
06:03 And the retail market has not seen any impact
06:05 on the price of onions for Rs 240-230 per kg.
06:07 The exporters say that if this ban continues
06:10 for another 10-15 days,
06:11 then there can be a decrease of Rs 50-60 per kg.
06:14 There is no possibility of a big decrease
06:15 because the onion crop has not been that much.
06:18 If we look at bananas,
06:20 the banana season has ended.
06:22 The new season will come in August.
06:23 The price of bananas in the market
06:25 is Rs 50-80 per kg in the vegetable market.
06:29 The best bananas are of different rates
06:31 of Rs 120-140 per kg.
06:34 In the retail market,
06:36 the price of bananas is Rs 200-250 per kg.
06:38 If this ban continues,
06:40 then the prices will go down.
06:41 Otherwise, there will be no possibility of a decrease in prices.
06:44 But Arjun, I will say this to you and the viewers
06:50 that if there is no crop in the market,
06:52 then what will be available for people?
06:54 If there is no crop in the market,
06:55 and if they are sent out,
06:57 then we will face the same situation
06:58 as we faced when wheat was sent out
07:00 and then the quality was brought back.
07:04 Anjum, we keep talking about
07:09 focusing on the markets and the situation there.
07:12 We are told that the prices are going down
07:14 and that the prices are going up.
07:16 How much stock do we have?
07:21 How much stock do we have?
07:23 And what confidence do the politicians have
07:26 to ban exports?
07:31 There is no such situation.
07:33 The onions that are sold in the market today,
07:35 as I said,
07:36 the onions that were selling for Rs 950 per tonne,
07:37 the onions that were selling for Rs 900 per tonne,
07:40 they came at Rs 800 per tonne
07:42 and they picked up good onions from the market.
07:44 After picking up good onions,
07:46 the market is at the same level.
07:47 You can say that,
07:48 let me show you the size of the onions.
07:51 This is the size of the onions
07:52 that are being sold in the market
07:54 to Pakistani farmers.
07:56 And the better size,
07:58 if you call this size,
07:59 then this is being exported.
08:00 And this man was picked up from the market
08:04 at a price of Rs 800 per tonne
08:06 whose orders were still pending.
08:08 His documents were complete.
08:09 He had to ban exports,
08:11 otherwise the country is also defamed
08:12 that after making the orders,
08:13 the export should not be done.
08:14 So, he picked up Rs 800 per tonne from the market today.
08:17 If this ban is in place,
08:18 then the prices will be low
08:20 because the onion crop
08:21 is not left behind.
08:22 As I said,
08:24 the season of bananas has ended.
08:25 The season will start again in August.
08:26 The bananas that he had kept in cold storage,
08:29 had been saved,
08:29 are coming to the market.
08:31 If this ban is in place on that too,
08:33 then this month of Ramadan will be better for people.
08:35 And if this ban on onions is not taken into consideration
08:37 after a week or a week and a half,
08:39 that export should be done again,
08:41 then the market is saying that
08:43 the price of onions can reach up to Rs 400 per kilo.
08:44 There will be a lot of technical problems,
08:46 but this is also called profitable.
08:49 The price at which you have stored the bananas,
08:52 you will sell them at today's price
08:55 in the holy month of Ramadan.
08:58 And the type of onions that are available to Pakistanis,
09:00 those 8 pieces of onions,
09:02 you have to cry 12, 12, 10, 10, 15, 15, 20 pieces of tears.
09:05 Its quality is so bad.
09:06 It is so dry that
09:08 it is not tears,
09:09 a person cries like this.
09:10 He cries without tears.