ISLAMABAD: Pleasant seafood exports can fetch a fortune for Pakistan if the united states switches from the conventional seafood upkeep methods to the nitrogen-based freezing method.
“Such shift will make this region more productive and sustainable,” said Fang Yu lengthy, Senior Vice-President of Pak-China Joint Chamber of trade and enterprise (PCJCCI), in an interview with WealthPK.
He stated China is a incredible marketplace for Pakistani seafood because the latter exports approximately 29% of its seafood outcrop to the former. “at least seven to 8 specific types of fish are consumed in China. most of the Pakistani exports of seafood there include sole fish, ribbon fish, mackerel and squid. about 70% of sole fish exported from Pakistan is used for culinary in Tianjin town as it is very famous there,” he stated.
“The amount of seafood exports may be extended with more qualitative protection and freezing. The normal techniques of freezing are by some means old. They have to now be upgraded to the present day nitrogen-based totally short freeze method, which ensures that the product is frozen in only some mins,” Fang long defined.
Sharing his views with WealthPK, Hamza Khalid, Vice-President of PCJCCI, said the price-introduced seafood export from Pakistan should earn the country greater income. “Globally, seafood in each sparkling and frozen paperwork is high in call for. To maintain the excellent of frozen seafood, Pakistani exporters need to switch to nitrogen-based totally brief freeze and protection techniques.” He said that in keeping with his information, simplest one agency has followed this method in Pakistan. He advised greater investors to undertake this generation to assist growth Pakistani seafood exports.
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Discussing the want to set up nitrogen-based brief freezing units in Pakistan, Mian Saeed Fareed, chief govt Officer of a Karachi-primarily based seafood exporting corporation – Legend global personal constrained – said to retain the great of seafood, nitrogen-primarily based freezing is higher than conventional mechanical systems (taking hours to freeze the seafood). “Nitrogen is to be had within the USA but it’s far steeply-priced. Its high fee will increase the processing cost 3 times the prevailing techniques. but, if it’s far supplied at subsidised rates, stakeholders associated with this business may be in a miles better position to undertake this generation effortlessly,” he careworn.
In an interview with WealthPK, Amin Lassi, assistant director at a Karachi-based totally seafood processing and exporting organisation – Mukhi Noor Din & Sons -– stated their employer is exporting a diffusion of seafood to exclusive components of the sector, which include China. “To make seafood production more qualitative in Pakistan, the nitrogen-based brief freeze approach needs to be followed. The technique helps keep satisfactory and freshness of the product. Nitrogen-based freezing is faster, reduces microbial boom, and produces an notable exceptional product,” he defined.
“Our business enterprise has set up a nitrogen-based totally freezing unit with a ability to freeze from 500 kilogrammes to a tonne of seafood in line with hour. almost all styles of seafood may be preserved right here. The plant does now not stay active continuously. it is made operational now after which handiest in step with the particular call for of a purchaser,” he said, including that this technique is, but, highly-priced. He demanded availability of nitrogen at subsidised charges to assist promote the use of the trendy freezing approach.
