Pakistan government to grant concessions to poultry industry

The concessions include an interest-free loan facility of Rs 10 million (€130,360) for small poultry farmers. Under an incentive package, import duties would also be ended on several items including organic material for poultry feed preparation and medicines.


The Central Board of Revenue (CBR), however, has turned down the industry's demand for income tax exemption for five years, saying it was against the prevalent tax regime.


Industry representatives said that they had suffered a loss of Rs 9 billion (€117.3m) after the bird flu's resurgence in February.