Pakistan registering Himalayan pink salt as GI
According to the details, the decision was taken in a meeting with the Intellectual Property Organisation (IPO). Which was chaired by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood. In Islamabad on the 18th of February.
The Government has decided to register Himalayan Pink salt as the country’s product.
Abdul Razak Dawood said that we have decided that after registration of rice. The Pink Salt from the Salt Range Mountains of Pakistan will be registered as GI.
He also said that this will encourage and motivate our producers to expand their business at the global level. He also urged the business community to identify. As well as inform IPO of other products that can be registered as GI. In order to protect them from realizing their export potential.
We decided that, after registration of rice, the Pink Salt from the Salt Range Mountains of Pakistan will be registered as GI. This will encourage & motivate our producers to expand their business at global level. 2/3
— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) February 18, 2021
In order to curb unauthorized use of Pakistan’s Geographical Indications (GI) by other countries, a meeting was held at Ministry of Commerce (MOC) with the IPO Pakistan. The GI registration of products from various regions of Pakistan was discussed. 1/3
— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) February 18, 2021
Matters pertaining to the GI registration of products from various regions of Pakistan were also discussed in the meeting.
It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan received the GI tag for its Basmati rice on the 26th of January-2021, which will strengthen its case against India in the European Union (EU).
I am a freelance writer studied Biochemistry at the University of Agriculture Peshawar in the faculty of Nutrition sciences.
