Halal export market offers $1.3 billion potential and EPZA should submit a detailed proposal on priority basis for setting up of halal export processing zones in Pakistan. “It is ironic to note that most of the halal product demand is fulfilled by non-Muslim countries, whereas Muslim countries have a meager share in this very fast growing market,” Federal Minister Industries and Production Shahzada Ahsan Ashraf Shaikh said during a meeting with Export Processing Zone Authority Chairman Saadat S Cheema. The minister said that the demand of halal products in the western countries is mainly fulfilled by USA, Brazil, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and France. As far as the eastern countries are concerned, Thailand is the biggest supplier of halal certified products followed by Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and India, he added.
Halal market offers $1.3tr export potential: minister
