First shipment of Pakistani citrus arrived in Dalian, China.

BEIJING -- The first shipment of citrus imported from Pakistan has arrived in Dalian, China through sea route and the fresh golden oranges would be available in the market from March 5.

"The first shipment of Pakistani citrus was dispatched from Pakistan on January 19 and cleared from Dalian Customs on February 22. The total shipment was on 40 HQ container, containing 2650 boxes of 10 KG," Adnan Hafeez, Partner-You Lian Feng Food Trade (Dalian) Co. Ltd told reporter here on Sunday.

Giving the details, he said the protocol for qualitative procedures of citrus export between Pakistan and China was signed back in 2005, but due to strict requirements, no one actually succeeded to implement it.

Previously, in 2016, a company tried to import, but failed due to non-fulfilment of cold treatment, he added. Adnan Hafeez said his team has been working on the technical formalities of this project since September 2018 but couldn't succeed due to technical...