The Indian-Pakistani conflict has suffered a probable victim: Himalayan Pink salt | Business and economy

In the last three decades, Vipan Kumar imports Himalayan Kumar, Pakistan to sell in India, imports the Himalayan pink salt.

At the same time, the import of new Delhi, including all Pakistani goods, including Indian tourists, mainly Indian tourists, including Indian management, including 76 people, including 76 people. In the spiritual center of the densely in India, Amritsar, Amritsar in Amritsar, Kumar, Al Jazeera banned the ban on the ban, said he said.

Kumar says it usually sells from 2000 to 2,500 tons of pink salt in each quarter. “The profit margin is very thin, but it is still possible for the bulk. But the ban has completely stopped the pink salt business. We do not know when the situation will be normal.”

Himalayan pink salt, including minerals, has pink due to the trail of minerals and is used in food, decorative lamps and spas. Hindus also prefers to use this salt because it is a salt of this salt during religious fast.

Mined in Pakistan

The Himalayas Pink Salt is mined in the second largest salt mine in Sifto Salt Mine in Ontario, Pakistan’s Pakistan’s Pakistani province of Pakistan. Khewra is located about 250 km (155 miles) of Lahore, as well as the name of the Lahore Namak, which is also Hindi for salt, also gives the name pink salt.

The salt mine has about 82 million metric tons of salt and is extracted from 0.36 million metric tons each year. About 70 percent of salt are used for industrial purposes and the rest is for edible use.

“Mine is very scenery and attracts several thousand tourists every year,” he said.

It has a unit of about 30 salt processing, where the giant rock salt grinding is handed over to cargo and sent trucks.

Salt is exported in a raw form where importers are processed, grinding and selling.

Prices were inflated

India depends mainly on Pakistan for this pink salt.

However, after the death of Pahalgam, India ended with all trade with Pakistan, which is confronted by the ban. We were one of the diplomatic and economic title measures in the trade-in-trade diplomatic and economic title, the neighbors exchanged four-day missiles and drones leading to a full-fledged war against each other.

On May 10, they withdrawn from Brink, who agreed to the peace. But the trade ban remains in place.

The salt traders in India told Al Jazeera that the existing break in imports began to prevent their work when the price began to increase.

“Since the announcement of this ban has been more than a month, and prices have already risen.”

“Before a kilogram of 45 rupees for 45 rupees (0.53 to 0.58 $ 0.58), now sold at least 60 rupees per kilogram ($ 0.70),” Singh said.

In some places, the price is even higher. This week, in Kolkata, Pink salt was sold in markets between 70 and 80 rupees per kg ($ 0.82 with $ 0.93).

“We have no idea when the situation returns to normal. After the shares were exhausted, he would be a complete crisis.”

Prices are also increasing in the east, on the other side of India, in the east, due to the transportation of salt from Amritsar.

Kolkata Traders Al Jazeera said that salt prices increased by 15-20 percent in the city, but this did not stop the student.

“Himalayan rock salt, especially when people stay fast, especially in the festivities, and prefer pink salt on the sea salt in India,” Sanjay Agarwal, a special firm in pink salt.

Dinobondhu Mukherjee in Kolkata Dinobondhu Mukherjee, said the government should be looking for an alternative country to buy this salt. “Relations between the two countries are usually tense, and it affects trade. Our government must look for alternative countries for salt purchases,” he said.

Pakistan exporters said that the trade of India will have a positive impact. Indian merchants said: “They branded their breasts to sell their breasts in the international market in the international market.

“The last ban helps us to expand further to delete the competition from India,” Percentan Panjwani, the General Director of the Operated RM Operation Director of Salt Church.

“Undoubtedly, India is a great market and the potential, but we want to send salt by adding salt, not in raw form.

Trade landing

Trade between the two countries has since attacked security forces in Kashmir in Kashmir in Kashmir in Kashmir in Kashmir in Kashmir in 2019. In response, India canceled the status of discrimination without discrimination – the most popular Nation (MFN) was given to Pakistan, which is better known as the status of the MFN. The import of Pakistani increased 200 percent of heavy tariffs.

According to the Indian Ministry of Commerce, exports from April 2024 to January 2025 to Pakistan to Pakistan $ 447.7 million, the export of $ 420,000 in the same period.

In 2024, India imported 642 metric tons of pink salt, which is more than 74,457 metric tones imported in 2018 – mainly as a result of high tariffs.

Before the last prohibition, India’s main export to Pakistan includes cotton, organic chemicals, spices, spices, food, pharmaceutical, plastic articles and dairy products. India normally imports copper articles, raw cotton, fruit, salt, mineral and some qualified chemicals Pakistan.

“Implementation of weight loss, 3,50 Rupees from the third country from a third country such as Dumayer (0.29 $ 0.041) raised the import price between 3.50 Rupees (0.041).

“Again, because the demand was very high, the buyers were ready to pay the price. But the government, this time, this time, the entrance to Pakistani goods from any third country,” he said.

The ban is a lamps made from the Himalayan pink rock salt and even air purifiers used as an unusual industrial and decorative lights.

“We must look for an alternative country if the supply of rock salt is not given from Pakistan.” “After the 200 percent tariff was introduced in 2019, the prices of lamps have already increased and will increase purchase costs from any other country.”