BEIJING – Over 35 Pakistani companies will participate and showcase theirproducts including top textile, leather, and sports goods, surgicalequipment, home furnishing and other products at the 2nd ChinaInternational Import Expo (CIIE) scheduled to be held in Shanghai fromNovember 5 to 10.
Advisor on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Production and Investment, AbdulRazak Dawood will lead the Pakistani delegation. Pakistan’s top businessexecutives will attend.
“As many as 35 top export-oriented Pakistani companies will displaytextile, leather and sports goods, surgical equipment, home furnishing andother products at their stalls set up at the expo in an effort to enhanceexports to China,” Badar uz Zaman, Commercial Counsellor, Embassy ofPakistan, Beijing confirmed here on Sunday.
The companies included: From Karachi, M/s Garib Sons, Marhaba Laboratories,Sarmco International, Continental Traders, Al-Hamra Handicrafts, IndusMarbles, Pak Products, Chadyala Art, Ansari Brothers, Hamdan Traders, FBEnterprises, H. Rehman & Sons, MJ Traders, ARI Traders, AJ Traders, DewanEnterprises, Saleem Associates, Rana Co (Exports), American Safety PowerTool, Peena Carpets Industries, Shahid Nazir Carpet Centre, from Lahore,WBM Pvt. Ltd, Starlet Innovations, Al Rasheed Traders, Pak ShalimarCarpets, Fateh Woolen Mills, Sheikh Carpets, Splendor & Souvenir Carpets,from Sialkot, Green Hill Corporation, Fraz Enterprises, ABRO Group, H.Skill Sports and Fircos Shoes.
These companies export rice, textile, garments, leather products, carpet,handicrafts, wood furniture, sports and natural herbal products and are setto look at opportunities in the Chinese market to enhance exports fromPakistan, he added.
The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) will also set up a stallto show Pakistani products, he added.
The advisor will also talk to media on trade and investment opportunitiesin Pakistan during the expo.
The advisor will attend the ministerial meeting of WTO and hold a bilateralmeeting with Chinese Minister of Commerce in Beijing.
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It may be mentioned that Pakistan had also participated in the last year’sexpo in Shanghai where many Pakistani companies showcased their products.
According to a senior official of China’s Ministry of Commerce, so far 63countries have registered for the exhibition and over 3,000 businesses frommore than 150 countries and regions will be attending the businessexhibition, exceeding the number at the first CIIE.
This year’s expo will involve two key exhibition categories: countryexhibitions and business exhibitions.
As for business exhibitions, they will cover more than 300,000 squaremeters of floor space, and over 3,000 enterprises from about 150 countriesand regions will participate in the exhibitions.
In addition, registration for the business exhibition of the third CIIE hasbegun, and overseas enterprises can register on the official website of theCIIE.
A total of 172 countries, regions and international organizations and morethan 3,600 enterprises participated in the first CIIE, held from Nov. 5 to10 in Shanghai last year. It was the world’s first import-themednational-level expo.
