Farmers call for halt in tomato import Say price of commodity in local market has fallen, making production unviable KARACHI: Farmers have requested the government to halt the import of tomatoes in a bid to protect local producers of the country. “The import of tomatoes has continued unabated during the last few months,” Sindh Abadgar Board (SAB) Senior Vice President Mehmood Nawaz Shah told The Express Tribune. “The harvest season of tomatoes in Pakistan is in full swing and production is increasing day after day.” He added that due to the high amount of output, prices in the local market have dropped to an extent that it is becoming unviable for growers to keep producing tomatoes.