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Vegetable Seeds (Pakistan wholesale exporter)

Carrot, onion, okra, radish, cress and coriander vegetable seed — Pakistan's open-pollinated common-type vegetable-seed catalog for cost-conscious tender programs, smallholder agriculture and retail kitchen-garden retail. Honest position: not a hybrid-F1 origin, but a 70-90 percent cost-saving versus Dutch hybrid seed for commodity OP varieties.

HS Code
1209.91vegetable seed for sowing
MOQ
500 kgper SKU · 200kg mixed
Type
OP commonnot hybrid F1
Port
Karachi / QasimFOB / CFR / CIF
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Pakistan's vegetable-seed export tier — honestly positioned

Six active SKUs across the open-pollinated common-type vegetable-seed catalog. Click any SKU for full specifications, COA template, photos and country-specific destination notes.

This is the most honest category page in our catalog. Pakistan does not compete with the Dutch hybrid F1 vegetable-seed industry. Bejo, Rijk Zwaan, Enza Zaden, Syngenta-Vilmorin, BASF Nunhems and East-West Seed dominate the global premium hybrid market by a margin so structural that nobody else gets close — Dutch hybrid carrot, onion and brassica seed delivers genetics, uniformity, disease resistance and shelf-life that open-pollinated seed cannot match. What Pakistan offers is the OP layer underneath that hybrid market: common-type open-pollinated vegetable seed at 70-90 percent below Dutch hybrid pricing, suitable for cost-conscious tender programs (Saudi MEWA, Yemeni humanitarian, Egyptian smallholder), African smallholder agriculture, and Pakistani-Indian-diaspora kitchen-garden retail. The volume is small, the margins are thin, and we ship it because it complements our forage and herb-spice catalog into the same destination markets — not because we believe Pakistani vegetable seed is competitive on premium genetics.

Who buys Pakistani open-pollinated vegetable seed and why

Three buyer profiles dominate. Government tender and humanitarian programs in MENA and Africa: Saudi Arabia MEWA (Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture), Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture, Yemen humanitarian via WFP and FAO contractors, Sudanese smallholder programs. These buyers need cost-tier OP seed at scale, often blended with imported hybrid seed for trial plots, and accept a lower performance ceiling for the cost saving. African smallholder agriculture: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, parts of West Africa — small-farmer kitchen-garden seed packs distributed through agro-dealer networks at retail. Diaspora kitchen-garden retail: Pakistani and Indian diaspora in UK, Canada, USA, Australia — 100g and 250g consumer pouches of okra, coriander, radish, mustard for backyard kitchen gardens.

Pakistani agronomy strengths show up in three SKUs in particular: okra (Pakistan grows reliable warm-season okra OP varieties suited to GCC and East African heat), coriander vegetable seed (Pakistani culinary-coriander OP seed is the diaspora retail standard for kitchen gardens), and cress (the spicy traditional cress that the GCC and Egyptian retail market knows from Pakistani and Indian origin). On carrot, onion and radish, Pakistan is genuinely a low-tier supplier — we ship to specific buyer programs that have already evaluated the OP-vs-hybrid trade-off.

Pakistan position vs major vegetable-seed origins

AttributePakistan (OP common)NetherlandsIndiaUSA
Hybrid F1 shareNoneDominant globallyMid (East-West Seed)Major (Sakata US, Seminis)
OP common-type FOBUSD 4–18/kg—USD 3–15/kg—
Hybrid F1 FOB—USD 80–600/kgUSD 25–150/kgUSD 60–400/kg
Halal supply chainBy national lawBuyer-arrangedMixedBuyer-arranged
GCC tender supplyEstablishedPremium tierMid-tierPremium tier
Smallholder AfricaCost-tier supplyPremium / NGOStrong East Africa—
Best buyer profileCost-conscious OPPremium hybridMid-tier OP + hybridPremium hybrid

Full SKU catalog — 6 vegetable-seed lines

Carrot seed

Daucus carota · HS 1209.91 · OP common · germ ≥70%

Onion seed

Allium cepa · HS 1209.91 · OP common · germ ≥80%

Okra seed

Abelmoschus esculentus · HS 1209.91 · GCC + Africa standard

Radish seed

Raphanus sativus · HS 1209.91 · OP common · 80% germ

Cress seed

Lepidium sativum · HS 1209.91 · GCC + South Asian retail

Coriander vegetable seed

Coriandrum sativum · HS 1209.91 · diaspora kitchen-garden

Buyer industries we supply

MENA government tender

Saudi MEWA, Egyptian MoA, Yemen humanitarian — bulk OP seed for desert agriculture and food-security programs.

African smallholder

Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, West Africa — agro-dealer retail kitchen-garden packs.

Diaspora kitchen-garden retail

UK, Canada, USA, Australia Pakistani-Indian retail — 100g/250g consumer pouches.

Bangladesh smallholder

Pran-RFL, Square, BRAC agro-network — common-type carrot, radish, okra.

Humanitarian / NGO

FAO, WFP, USAID — emergency food-security tender programs in conflict-affected regions.

Specialty diaspora

Pakistani-Indian Halal-segregated kitchen-garden brands in EU and North America.

Trust, certifications, scale

ISO 9001:2008Facility QMS · audited annually
HACCPFacility hazard analysis
Halal certSANHA / JIC chain on request
FSC&RD COAPakistan Federal Seed Cert & Reg Dept
52+ countriesActive export destinations
Since 1957Family-owned, three generations

Frequently asked questions

Buyer questions we field repeatedly across vegetable-seed SKUs. Marked up with FAQPage schema for AI-engine citations.

What HS code applies to vegetable seeds?
HS 1209.91 — vegetable seeds for sowing — covers all of carrot, onion, okra, radish, cress and coriander vegetable seed lines. Commercial invoices distinguish species in the description field. Phytosanitary certification by Pakistan Department of Plant Protection is mandatory and supplied per shipment.
Does Pakistan compete with Dutch (Bejo, Rijk Zwaan) hybrid seed?
No. Dutch hybrid vegetable seed (Bejo, Rijk Zwaan, Enza, Syngenta-Vilmorin, BASF Nunhems) dominates the global premium hybrid F1 vegetable-seed market by a structural margin. Pakistan does not compete on hybrid genetics. Pakistan supplies common-type open-pollinated (OP) vegetable seed at 70-90 percent below Dutch hybrid pricing for cost-conscious sowing markets — MENA tender programs, African smallholder agriculture, Pakistani-Indian-diaspora kitchen-garden retail. We are honest about this position.
What is the MOQ and packaging?
MOQ is 500 kg per SKU first order due to lower commercial-volume scale on vegetable seed versus forage seed. Standard packaging 25 kg or 50 kg PP woven bags, double-stitched. Retail-pack 1 kg foil pouches, 100g/250g/500g consumer pouches available above 500 kg total volume on contract. Buyer-branded artwork accepted at 1 MT total.
What germination percentage do you guarantee?
Default germination guarantee: carrot 70%, onion 80%, okra 75%, radish 80%, cress 75%, coriander 70% (low due to dormancy variability). Higher-germ premium-graded lots available on contract at price premium. Lab COA from Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department (FSC&RD) Pakistan, or independent SGS / Bureau Veritas test, included per shipment. Germination clock starts from BL date.
Are these seeds open-pollinated or hybrid F1?
All Pakistani vegetable seed in our catalog is open-pollinated (OP) common-type. We do not produce or supply hybrid F1. Buyers needing hybrid F1 should look to Bejo, Rijk Zwaan, Enza Zaden, Syngenta, Nunhems or East-West Seed (the global leaders). Our positioning is the cost-conscious OP layer for tender programs, smallholder programs and retail kitchen-garden packs.
Which countries do you ship vegetable seed into?
Active destinations: Saudi Arabia (MEWA tender programs), UAE (smallholder + retail), Egypt (private + government), Sudan (smallholder), Yemen (humanitarian + smallholder), Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, parts of EU diaspora retail, plus Pakistani-diaspora kitchen-garden retail in UK, USA, Canada and Australia.
Do you supply Halal-certified or organic vegetable seed?
Halal certificate available from SANHA / JIC chain on request — relevant for buyers in GCC, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh and Halal-segregated production. Organic certification is not held by default — Pakistani vegetable seed is conventional OP. EU Organic / USDA NOP certified-seed supply is not available; buyers needing certified-organic should look to specialty European or US suppliers.
What is your delivery timeline and shipping format?
Lead time 14-21 days from PO to BL. Karachi to Jebel Ali 5-7 days, Jeddah 7-9 days, Mombasa 14-18 days, Chittagong 7-10 days, Hamburg 22-28 days. FOB Karachi default; CFR/CIF available. Containerization: 20ft FCL holds 18-22 MT vegetable seed; 40ft HC holds 22-25 MT. Mixed-SKU FCL accepted at 200 kg per line minimum once total hits 12 MT.

Vegetable-seed RFQ — PI within 24 hours

Wholesale only · MOQ 500 kg per SKU · Pakistani open-pollinated common-type only (no hybrid F1). Tell us SKU(s), quantity, destination port and target price band.

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