ISLAMABAD: Federal government has chalked out plan to bolster textile sector exports in the country.
The government plans to enhance textile related exports to twenty six billion dollars by 2019.
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According to officials, under the five year textile policy, over sixty four billion rupees will be spent on the textile sector to bolster its exports.
They said that with reduction in discount rate by the State Bank of Pakistan, the availability of affordable finance for the export sector has considerably increased.
The officials said that technology up gradation fund scheme for the textile sector has been formulated. This scheme will particularly benefit the SMEs to invest in new technologies to make Pakistan’s exports globally competitive.
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Besides, the facility of duty free import of textile machinery has been extended for the current financial year.