Value-added textile manufacturers-cum-exporters, who put their products on display at the sixth Expo Pakistan on Monday, urged Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to help them materialise the millions of dollars trade deals made during the fair with foreign buyers.
They said that the response from the visiting businessmen to the country's biggest trade show was 'positive', and urged the government to follow up the millions of dollars business deals struck between the local and foreign traders and mature them without any delays.
"Brazilian, Chilean, Argentinean, Polish and Russian were the key buyers who agreed to enter in trade deals with Pakistani textile garments exporters at the show," said Chief Co-ordinator, Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (Prgmea), Ijaz Khokhar.
Khokhar, who had also put his garment items on display at the fair, said that the selection of buyers by the government was good and hoped that the deals would lead to growth in exports. He said now it was the turn of local businessmen to visit these important countries and finalise the export deals.
He urged TDAP to help the apparel textile exporters take part in the annual fairs in Brazil, and other South American countries so that they could be able to introduce their products in new markets. He said the fair on which millions of rupees were incurred should prove as result-oriented and give the country's economy a boost in terms of business activities and global trade. "Timing of the show timing was perfect allowing the foreign buyers and local exporters make future trade contracts for the main Christmas and New Year celebrations in the West for 2012, 2013, and beyond," Khokhar said.
He said Pakistan had successfully come out of the bad-patch of uncertainty and managed to air its stability across the globe with a positive begging of such mega shows, which had left the international delegates largely inspired as they showed interest in visits of the manufacturing units in different industrial cities of the country.
"The government should also provide uninterrupted supply of gas and electricity to the manufacturing units to ensure timely production so that the export consignments could sail off without any delays," Chief Co-ordinator, Prgmea demanded. He was of the view that the Karachi violence had also disturbed business activities in upcountry as the metropolis was the financial and economic hub of the country with two seaports. Giving Bangladesh's example, Khokhar said, "Not a single export-bound container is touched or its shipment is halted during labour or political strikes," adding that the government should also introduce such practices with a view to avoid delays in export shipments.
He urged the government to act quickly for materialising foreign contracts before its is too late to retrieve them once slipped from the country's hands. He also demanded of the TDAP to hold the next Expo Pakistan 2012 in Lahore so that the world should also see the country's other big city and enjoy the business activities there.
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