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A cluster of green young coconuts hanging in a palm, husks still on.

Industries

The goods we trade from Karachi.

Exotic fruit, spices, pulses, and African coal come in. Textiles, used clothing bales, clinker, ores, cement, and rice grades go out.

A whole pineapple with its leafy crown.

Imports · young coconut, pineapple, avocado, mangosteen

Exotic fruit

Fresh fruit needs a window and packing that can survive it. The quotation names both before a box is booked.

A pile of green cardamom pods.

Imports · cardamom, kidney beans, cloves

Spices and pulses

Dry goods in bags. Grade and bag size are the specification. They are quoted separately from the fruit.

A lump of black coal on a light surface.

Industrial import · RB1, RB2, RB3

African coal

Steam coal asked for by grade. The typical range is on the product page. The certificate of analysis describes the shipment.

Compressed bales of used clothes stacked in a warehouse and wrapped in clear plastic.

Exports · sheets, towels, used clothing bales

Textiles and used clothing

Sheets and towels leave in cartons. Used clothing leaves as compressed bales. Size, cloth, or bale grade is written down before a box is booked.

Grey cement-clinker nodules, the raw material ground to make cement.

Exports · clinker is the cement raw material

Clinker, ores, and cement

Clinker is the nodular material cement is ground from. Ores and finished cement are separate export lines from Pakistan.

A bowl of long, slender uncooked basmati grains.

Exports · Super Basmati, 1121, IRRI-6, brown, parboiled

Rice grades

Rice is supplied by grade. Basmati is not priced as IRRI-6, and parboiled grain is not priced as raw white rice.

Related reading: the product portfolio, ocean freight, and trade lanes.