The textile sector is currently running on full capacity and therefore needs all the support that it can get from the government to fulfil the demand and all the orders coming in from the international buyers.
Therefore, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) gleefully perceives and applauds the much-improved gas supply and pressures of gas/RLNG to the export sector units in December 2020.
Fortunately, even during the pandemic when the exports of our competitors reduced, Pakistan’s export orders for the next 6 months are all booked and an increment of 9% was recorded in November. Therefore, this improved gas supply and the Textile Policy currently under approval of ECC the Regionally Competitive Energy Tariffs and the sustained provision of gas/RLNG to the export sector has helped the market sustain says the Association.
What greatly helped the export market from collapsing during the lockdown was the power division, maintenance of the exports, government helping the local labor with their employment status. There have been isolated cases of low pressure and supply problems in mixed feeders and APTMA has taken up these issues with the Petroleum Division who have assured us of all-possible assistance to remove any bottlenecks.
Specifically, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) appreciates the role Nadeem Babar (Special Assistant to Prime Minister, Ministry of Energy Petroleum Division) played to provide gas/RLNG to all the export sectors at sustained pressures regardless reduced domestic production in the winter season and the immense surge in demand.
