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“Pakistan has become one of the leading textile

producing countries in regards to sustainability and
circularity”

Holder Fisher

German Review offices worldwide and more than 25 independently operating companies. TEXtalks is

Euro Centra Company Ltd. (The Wünsche Group) is an internationally active service
and trade company shaped by traditional merchant values, with over 30 branch

pleased to present an exclusive interview of Holder Fisher, Managing Director, Euro
Centra Company Ltd. for the interest of our readers.

TEXtalks: Germany and Pakistan are celebrating 70 and circularity.
years of friendship, what would you say?
Holder Fisher: Germany and Pakistan have always TEXtalks: For how long have you been in
been keeping a close friend- and relationship and it is collaboration with Pakistan's textile market?
nice to see that this has also led to a well-functioning Holder Fisher: I have been working with Pakistan’s
business relationship, especially in regards to the textile market since 1991 and have shifted all
textile industry. Germany was one of the main drivers business from other markets like Turkey or India to
within the EU to let Pakistan get the so-called Pakistan.
EU-GSP+ status. Thus import duties were removed
from products coming into the EU helping Pakistan to TEXtalks: Pakistan is a potential market, what would
boost their exports. you suggest to increase the reach of Pakistani
products to Germany?
TEXtalks: How are you contributing to the Holder Fisher: The major topics are clearly
advancement of the textile industry in Pakistan? Sustainability, Circularity and Transparency. If
Holder Fisher: Our Company Eurocentra Pakistan Pakistan is further developing in these fields it will
has been intensively working together with Pakistani certainly have a very positive impact on the exports to
textile producing companies since 1999 and we have Germany. Being a German I can say that these
always been focusing on Social Compliances and ecological factors play a very important role for
Sustainability. The main goal is to make Pakistani Germany and people in Germany favor “green” Holder Fisher (Managing Director. Euro Centra Company Ltd. Germany)
textile suppliers “green”, meaning that they will be products.
able to produce textiles in a sustainable way and to has been granted to Pakistan and that Pakistan is the Pakistani government will be able to solve these
take care of resources like water, energy etc. TEXtalks: Any special comments / messages to the going to loose this important GSP-free status issues. If Pakistan will loose the GSP-status for the
readers on the 70th Friendship Anniversary? because of some human rights issues (e.g. the EU it would create huge problems for the textile
Meanwhile Pakistan has become one of the leading Holder Fisher: Right now there are discussion within Pakistani blasphemy law) or labor rights. I hope that exports to Germany and other EU countries.
textile producing countries in regards to sustainability the EU about the GSP (import duty free) status which

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