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Standard Project Report 2016
WFP Pakistan also played a pivotal role in providing logistics support to WFP Afghanistan. All food and several
shipments of non-food items (including food production units, pallets, mobile storage units) were directly delivered
from Karachi to Kabul, Jalalabad and Spinboldak, with close coordination between the Pakistan and Afghanistan
offices. Direct deliveries resulted in a reduction in transit times and associated costs.
Since fuel prices were stable in 2016, WFP was able to establish longer-term contracts with local customs
clearance and transport service providers, resulting in cost reductions. In 2016, the total post-delivery losses in
Pakistan were 8 mt, which was 0.01 percent of the total food items handled. These losses were post-delivery losses
during transportation to di