ISLAMABAD – Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Textiles, AbdulRazzaq Dawood has said a Chinese buying mission of business-persons andinvestors delegation would visit Pakistan on September 26-27.
During its two-day stay in Pakistan, the business-persons delegationMission would hold dialogues with local business persons and exporters toenhance Pakistan’s trade.
In an exclusive talk with APP here , the Adviser asked local businesscommunity including exporters to participate in dialogue with Chinesebuyers delegation to negotiate on their areas of interest in country’sexports.
He said this is beginning and a first step towards enhancing the country’strade and at the same time achieving export targets.
Replying to a question, he expressed the hope that during their visit,Chinese buyers would also signs agreement with local exporters in differentsectors, adding that the visit would be great opportunity to have access tohuge Chinese markets.
“We would achieve exports target and additional exports for economicdevelopment and prosperity,” he said.
Answering another question, the Adviser said the government was committedto enhancing exports and increasing manufacturing in engineering, textile,agriculture and chemical domains.
The government, Razzaq Dawood said, would give priority to promotion ofexport-led growth and reduce dependence on imports, adding that it hasidentified many sectors to boost exports.
He said, “Primarily, we are focusing on increasing exports in engineeringand Information Technology (IT), chemicals and innovated technology throughenhancing their competitiveness in global market.”
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With regard to export promotion strategy, he said it would focus onincreasing country’s exports to compete with regional and global players ininternational market.
When asked, the Adviser said the agricultural exports alone would notenhance the country exports rather “we need to switch to value addition inthis particular area to promote export of value-added products.”
He said special attention would also be given towards promotion of textileexports, particularly knitwear, apparel, garments, leather products andrice, besides,promoting furniture industry of the country which has greatexport potential.
He said the government, in consultation with stakeholders, would devisecomprehensive policy guidelines to promote textile and industrial exports.
“I would call representatives of textile and rice sectors and exporters aswell as other stakeholders to have consultations so as to devise futureguidelines for growth in these vital sectors,” he remarked.
“We would focus on promoting ‘made in Pakistan good’ and discourageimports,” he remarked. – APP
