Indian Products You can Find in Pakistan?(Just to Know)

[RobbieS]

If Im not mistaken....Isnt Basmati rice sold in Pakistan?

I was under the impression that all Basmati is Indian......I might be wrong though....

Nope Pakistani Basmati qualifies as true Basmati as well. It was the historical Indus basin in Punjab that is known for pure Basmati. But I think India has acquired the GI for Basmati in the global market. I am not sure if Pakistan too has legal right over it, unfortunately.

 

[secularguy]

I'm Yet to Hear/See any made in Pakistan products Here.but I've Learned there are Some Agro products Which Reaches in Big Metros.Some Achaar brand/Ready to Cook Product(forgot the brand name)
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In Pakistan, to Me it seems like They Know Most of the Indian brands may be 'coz of Indian Channels.
And Indian products are Sold in Dubai from Where these are Landing in Countries including Pakistan.
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One Brand Which the Neighbours of India(Bangladesh,Pakistan) as well as India manufactures:
HAMDARD ROOH AFZA Sharbat

India:
Aapka Hamdard - Unani Medicines India,Herbal Medicines,Unani Herbal Healing,Unani Medicines Products,ayurveda unani
Bangladesh:
Hamdard Laboratories (WAQF) Bangladesh - Unani, Herbal, Ayurveda, Alternative, Natural, Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Plant, Herbs, Largest Unani Medicines Manufacture.

Pakistan:
Hamdard Laboratories (WAQF) Pakistan
I learned that Wakf of the 3 Neighbours Still Manufactures This.

 

[back me up]

Chinese products sold to Pakistan with 'Made in India' Tag

Cosmetics
Cloth
Jewellery

page 39
http://www.sdpi.org/tkn/Quantifying Informal Trade Between Pakistan and India.pdf

Indian drugs, Indian bikes, now this???

Is there any other indian item they copied and i am not aware of?

 

[nForce]

KURKURE.

MY ONE AND ONLY FAVORITE THING FROM INDIA THATS AVAILABLE IN PAKISTAN.

Kurkure is actually a product of Frito Lay's India divison.Frito Lay is again a divison of Pepsico.Pepsico is an American Company founded in New Bern,North Carolina presently based in New York,USA.

 

[Leviza]

If Im not mistaken....Isnt Basmati rice sold in Pakistan?

I was under the impression that all Basmati is Indian......I might be wrong though....

Basmati rice sold in Pakistan? YES
Basmati rice is Pakistani product and its not jsut indian thing ... its a Varient of rice which is produce in Pakistan and indian...

 

[justanobserver]

Kurkure is actually a product of Frito Lay's India divison.Frito Lay is again a divison of Pepsico.Pepsico is an American Company founded in New Bern,North Carolina presently based in New York,USA.

Actually Kurkure was a product of Lehar Namkeen which was an Indian company, later on it was bought by Pepsico

 

[nForce]

Actually Kurkure was a product of Lehar Namkeen which was an Indian company, later on it was bought by Pepsico

Yeah... I should have added that part of the information too....Thank you for doing that for me....

Just for information's sake..

Thums Up,the popular Indian carbonated soft drink,was also primarily Indian,launched by the Parle brothers, Ramesh Chauhan and Prakash Chauhan, along with then CEO Bhanu Vakil.But it was bought by CocaCola in 1993.A huge loss indeed from Indian point of view considering the market share and monopoly that Parle had.

But times have changed nowadays and wind has started to flow in other direction....

 

[Choppers]

Actually I hate and wonder why Parle sold Thumps-Up to Cocacola.

Coke tried hard to kill Thumps-Up brand but gave up in the end.Today has the largest market share.

 

[Isaq Khan]

hmmm no offense but aside from agriculture i don't think India has anything to offer.

Really???? Tell me honestly what are u smoking???????

 

[Isaq Khan]

A old article.

Paan Mandi — the shoppers’ mini-India

By Ali Usman

LAHORE: Paan Mandi, an alley market in Anarkali Bazaar, offers a glimpse of Indian bazaar culture in Lahore.

Also known as ‘Mini India’, the bazaar is well known for its Indian products that attract a large number of customers from across the city. An interesting fact about Paan Mandi is that almost all the shopkeepers there migrated from India and set up their businesses after 1947.

Paan Mandi Traders’ Association president Nawab Ali Khan, a Delhi-born 70-year-old man, told Daily Times that he was taking care of the business that his father had started in 1947. “The business in Paan Mandi has gone through several ups and downs, including the toughest year of 1965, as it is dependent upon the fickle Pakistan-India relations”, he said. He said that cable TV had increased Indian products’ demand and everyone wanted to use the soap or shampoo that his or her favorite celebrity used across the border.

Indian beauty soaps, shampoos, hair oils, hair-styling jells, fairness creams, hair-removal creams, after-shave lotions, perfumes, beauty lotions and shaving creams are easily available in Paan Mandi and have a great demand in Pakistan, said Haider, a cosmetics shop owner. He said Indian cosmetics were costlier than the Pakistani ones but better in quality.

Adnan, another shopkeeper, said that small-size Indian beauty soap was priced at Rs 45 while same-sized Pakistani soap cost Rs 17 on average. But customers insist on buying the former because of its better quality, he added. “Indian beauty soaps are not manufactured by melting wax”, he said.

Despite being expensive, Vatika shampoo is very popular among customers, said Khurram, another cosmetics seller. Indian fairness creams are immensely popular because of their wide scale advertisement on cable TV, said Amjad.

“Indian cosmetics give better results so I don’t mind spending a few extra rupees on them”, said Saima, a customer. The price difference is due to the currency difference, said a shopkeeper.

Indian artificial jewellery in latest designs can also be easily purchased at reasonable prices from Paan Mandi. Garlands, rings, earrings and bracelets are among the most popular jewellery items, said Sultan, a shopkeeper. Indian jewellery is cheaper because labour is cheap in India, he added. Another shopkeeper Waseem said a bracelet that otherwise cost Rs 300 in Pakistan was available at Rs 200 if made in India.

Indian medicines are also available in Paan Mandi. Nawab, a druggist, said that people trusted Indian medicines, which were low-priced as well. Serpina, Herbdax, Mentat, Liv 52 are some highly demanded medicines, he added.

Indian Rao silk, cotton, Banarsi saris and muslin are also easily available in Pakistan and quite popular among customers. Indian cloth is priced a bit higher than Pakistani cloth but customers prefer the former because of its better quality, said Amir, a cloth merchant. Saiqa Bhatti, a customer, said she was buying some Indian clothes for her daughter’s dowry because they were of good quality.

Pineapple and coconut are largely seen in Paan Mandi. Munir, a fruit vendor, said Indian pineapple was pretty good to taste and competed Thai pineapple.

Paan and supari are special products of Paan Mandi and customers like them a lot, said Saleem, who owns a khokha at Paan Mandi. Noman Attari, a shopkeeper, said Indian gutka should be banned in Pakistan as it caused various diseases, including throat cancer.

Most of the products found in Paan Mandi are smuggled illegally from India, a middleman told Daily Times requesting anonymity. He said he had been visiting India for several years to return with Indian products without being caught. He said the customs and railway officials were involved in smuggling. Most of the shopkeepers, however, said they exported their products legally. Paan Mandi traders’ association president Nawab Ali Khan said people who visited India brought most of the products and paid duty on them.

Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan

 

[nForce]

Actually I hate and wonder why Parle sold Thumps-Up to Cocacola.

Coke tried hard to kill Thumps-Up brand but gave up in the end.Today has the largest market share.

Thums Up had the monopoly the time CocaCola re-entered Indian market.Maybe Ramesh Chauhan thought that it was going to be difficult to fight a battle for market with a giant like CocaCola.Parle sold out to Coke for a meagre US$ 60 million...Now why they gave up while they had a better market share,escapes my mind.....

 

[Isaq Khan]

Indian Co. Woodland's Shoes are also very popular

But, beware of cheap replica by china.

 

[nForce]

I think Dish TV and Tata Sky are also present in Pakistan..Can any one throw some light on this????

 

[Choppers]

Thums Up had the monopoly the time CocaCola re-entered Indian market.Maybe Ramesh Chauhan thought that it was going to be difficult to fight a battle for market with a giant like CocaCola.Parle sold out to Coke for a meagre US$ 60 million...Now why they gave up while they had a better market share,escapes my mind.....

I think it was a very stupid decision and lack of foresight on part of Parle to sell those brands.They had very good brans like Limca, Citra, Thums Up and Gold Spot which they eventually sold off.

Maaza which is increasingly becoming popular is also from parle.

 

[Isaq Khan]

Businessmen call for expanding trade with India

Smuggling of Indian goods hurting exchequer, traders and consumers

Saturday, February 13, 2010
By Samia Saleem

KARACHI: As customers flock at the shop of Amjad Mansoor asking for the latest Indian goods ranging from fairness creams to confectioneries and even razor blades and locks, he feels that the prices would be fair for customers and profit margins much higher for traders if these items were coming via legal trade.

Mansoor, who claims to be in retail and wholesale business in consumer goods for his entire life, says that Indian goods are in high demand in the entire country but these are smuggled illegally.

It is no secret that our import list with India declares hardly 30-40 items, but the local markets are awash with goods coming form the neighbouring country.

The popularity of these goods is so much so that even if local Pakistani companies start manufacturing the same, people would still ask for the original Indian product, Mansoor told The News. “Although the Bio Amla Hair Oil, which is the same as the Dabur Amla Hair Oil of Indian origin, and made with the same formula as of Dabur’s, people still decline the local oil in favour of the Indian one,” he said. Similarly, even if Fair & Lovely introduced the same formula of Ayurvedic cream followed in India, customers would still prefer the Indian product.

“This demand comes in the market as soon as a commercial is shown on Indian television channels, and we get demand requests within an hour,” Amjad Mansoor said. However, any new Indian product in demand over here takes about a month to reach the Pakistani markets, said he. “Since these products are not registered in the import lists, it is obvious they reach through illegal means.”

Speaking about the immensity of the Indian products in Pakistani markets, he said that only cosmetic products imported from the neighbour make a list of a minimum 225 items, including shampoos, deodorants, sprays, masks, creams, oils, gels and products by other famous brands as Himalayas, etc.

Besides these, there are health drinks like Bournvita, Complan, toiletries by Paras, medicines and pain relievers, eg, by Himani, and many other products. Quite a few of these items have little or no production in Pakistan.

Amjad Mansoor claimed that the razor blades used by almost 80 per cent barbers in Pakistan come from India. “About 80 per cent of the barbers in Pakistan use Indian blades, of brands like Ashok, Tentwin, Panama, Topaz, etc, all of which are smuggled into Pakistan regularly and we have no local companies producing them in abundance,” said another dealer. He did not mention the leading local manufacturer of shaving products Treet and global leader Gillet that have market presence in every nook and corner of the country. “Pakistanis trust in Indian products can be gauged from the fact that people have now started asking for Godrej locks too instead of the Chinese ones as they say they are more reliable,” he added.

Talking about how these items reach shopping hubs, Mansoor said there are three methods of illegal trade in Indian goods, personal baggage of passengers coming from India, Afghan Transit Trade shipments getting back into Pakistan, and through diplomatic containers.

He disclosed that some traders have contacts with senior officials of the Indian embassy and in the customs department and small traders can get almost any Indian item from them.

Speaking about the loss caused to the exchequer and consumers by the illegal trade, he said that it is immense. “In illegal trade these goods pass through multiple hands, from Dubai to ATT to Peshawar and then finally to the major cities. Each dealer keeps a profit of at least 10 per cent which is all passed on to the customers,” he said. “I sell a Bournvita bottle for Rs155 in wholesale. I would sell it for Rs80, the same price as in Dubai, if the trade was legal,” he explained.

Besides, he said that it is an even bigger loss to the Government of Pakistan, which is deprived of the legal revenue.

“At customs illegal traders tell the worth of a $0.15 million container to be only $10,000, from which the tax loss to the government can easily be gauged,” he said.

Siraj Qasim Teli, a senior businessman, who has advocated trade with India, said that unlike common perception, it is in our favour if we conduct open trade with India. He said that given the right business agreement in which mutual interest is kept in mind, Pakistan could benefit from the growing Indian economy.

Since the Government of Pakistan is aware that trade is taking place through illegal means, and people and businessmen want trade with India expanded, the two governments should think why there should not be open and expanded trade relations between Pakistan and India as it would benefit them both.

The News, Pakistan

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=223889