Pakistan, Nov. 14 -- Pakistan is going to start exporting pine nuts to China soon. A Chinese snack company, Bestore, has inked a deal worth 300 million yuan ($42 million) with Pakistani pine nut company Halo foods.

Halo Foods is Pakistan's largest pine nut purchasing and processing firm. They will sell pine nuts to the Chinese firm for over ten years once the deal is finalized.

Hand-peeled pine nuts are now one of the most expensive nut products for Bestore, but both demand and output has grown rapidly with an annual increase of 20%, according to Yang Yinfen, CEO and president of Bestore. "For Halo Foods, such cooperation will help the Pakistan firm to further explore the potential of the Chinese market," said Shahbaz Siddique, financia...