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Italy and Pakistan to enhance

bilateral trade to $ 5 billion

annually in the next three years

The Italian Ambassador, Andreas Ferrarese, said his center, maybe in one part of the new embassy, and MADE IN GREEN by OEKO-TEX®
government prioritized to enhance bilateral trade promote Italian cuisine, art, paintings, music so that
between Pakistan and Italy to its full potential of US the Pakistanis can know more about Italy." He said
$ five billion annually in the next three years from the that he was appointed about nine months ago when supports Amazon’s Climate
current US $ 1.7 billion, including textiles. coronavirus was peaked, and COVID-19 wasted our
efforts. He had to start afresh to give a quantum
The ambassador said in FY 2019-20, Pakistan's jump to the bilateral trade between Pakistan Pledge Friendly
imports from Italy stood at the US $ 521 million and and Italy.
included ships, boats, and other floating structures,
machinery, pharmaceutical product, aircraft, Ambassador Ferrarese said the new embassy's
spacecraft, electrical, electronic equipment, Organic construction was underway. His priority task was to Making it easier for customers to discover and shop for
chemicals, iron and steel, miscellaneous chemical supervise the new under-construction Italian
products, optical, photo, medical apparatus, embassy in the diplomatic area and speed up the sustainable products
and textiles. process. He said a new economic mission would
also be established in Pakistan to enhance trade
The ambassador said, "I want to open up a cultural and economic connectivity with Pakistan.

The Turkish medical textile OEKO-TEX®, a worldwide association of 18 the textile and leather supply chain and to make it

exports crossed the threshold of independent research and test institutes that sets easy for consumers to confidently choose safer,
standards for safer textile and leather production
more sustainable products,” said Georg Dieners,
and products, is participating with the MADE IN
OEKO-TEX® Secretary General. “MADE IN GREEN
$1B in COVID Pandemic GREEN label in Amazon’s Climate Pledge Friendly by OEKO-TEX® is the right partner for Amazon’s
which is now launching in France, Germany, Italy,
Climate Pledge Friendly program because our
Spain, and the UK, to make it easier for customers
missions are aligned. MADE IN GREEN takes a
The Climate Pledge Friendly badge, which will be
According to the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) $165 million worth of Turkish goods in the to discover and shop for more sustainable products. holistic approach by testing products for harmful
substances, verifying that manufacturers meet strict
data, Foreign sales of medical textile products hit January-October period. Surgical gowns alone held a shown on more than 40,000 products in Europe, environmental sustainability standards and ensuring
over $1 billion (TL 7.8 billion) in the first ten months of $700 million share in exports, and the share of signifies to customers that the products have one or employers protect worker health and wellbeing.”
the year, up from only $50 million a year earlier. The exports of medical masks reached $173 million." more of 19 different sustainability certifications that
strong demand and capacity increase worked in help preserve the natural world. The Climate Pledge Friendly selection includes
Turkey's favor. The U.S. came in second with $160 million, followed beauty, fashion, grocery, household and personal
by the U.K. and the Netherlands with $104 million Amazon evaluated hundreds of external
Burak Sertbaş, the chairperson of the Aegean each. Among others, Spain received around $49.5 sustainability certifications and chose organizations electronics products, as well as items from a range
of other categories. Brands labelled with MADE IN
Ready-To-Wear Clothing and Apparel Exporters' million worth of Turkish medical textile goods. Sales that certify products that have demonstrated GREEN by OEKO-TEX® include Eterna and Calida.
Association, said, "We have an average monthly to Italy, France, Canada, Romania, and Qatar environmentally-related sustainability benefits.
export of almost $100 million. We anticipate it will amounted to $44.5 million, $39 million, $38.8 million, OEKO-TEX® is proud to be one of the third-party For detailed information on the program qualification
continue at this level. The market has now settled $36.9 million and $28.3 million, respectively. Sertbaş entities certifying Climate Pledge Friendly products criteria and to start shopping for these products,
down. Medical textile goods worth $95 million were added that the Aegean Exporters' Association (EIB) with our MADE IN GREEN label. visit Amazon here or look for the Climate Pledge
exported in October alone. Sales were made to 167 made $73 million worth of medical textile products' Friendly badge on qualifying products.
countries, with Germany topping the list by receiving sales in the ten months. “We are working to create more transparency along

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