26 C
Lahore
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Chinese buyer’s delegation to visit Pakistan – an opportunity for Pakistan to promote trade

Mr Abdul Razzaq Dawood, Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Textiles informed that a Chinese buying mission of business-persons and investors delegation will be visiting Pakistan in September. These business persons during their visit will hold indulge in conversations will local businessmen and exporters to enhance Pakistan’s trade.

Mr Abdul Razzaq Dawood has communicated to the local community including the exporters to indulge in dialogue with the Chinese buyer’s delegation in order to negotiate on their areas of interest in country’s exports as it will be a beginning to enhance Pakistan’s trade along with achieving export targets.

He further added that this visit is a huge access to the Chinese markets and he hopes that the Chinese delegation would also sign agreements with the local exporters. The government would give priority to promotion of export-led growth and reduce dependence on imports, adding that it has identified many sectors to boost exports. With regard to export promotion strategy, he said it would focus on increasing country’s exports to compete with regional and global players in international market. He said the government, in consultation with stakeholders, would devise comprehensive policy guidelines to promote textile and industrial exports.

Mr Abdul Razzaq Dawood said, “We would achieve exports target and additional exports for economic development and prosperity. Primarily, we are focusing on increasing exports in engineering and Information Technology (IT), chemicals and innovated technology through enhancing their competitiveness in global market. We need to switch to value addition in this particular area to promote export of value-added products. I would call representatives of textile and rice sectors and exporters as well as other stakeholders to have consultations so as to devise future guidelines for growth in these vital sectors. We would focus on promoting ‘made in Pakistan good’ and discourage imports.”

Related Articles

Stay Connected

11,285FansLike
394FollowersFollow
9,170SubscribersSubscribe

Latest Articles