Sukkur Chamber demands reactivation of TDAP office

The Sukkur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) has urged the government that the office of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) at Sukkur should be fully reactivated in all respects, and upgraded to gear up export activities of the area.
In a communication of Commerce and Finance Ministries, the Chamber pointed out that its members and exporters of the region had been informed that the new set-up ie TDAP, is considering to abolish the newly set up office of former Export Promotion Bureau, Sukkur, now TDAP. The members expressed their indignation on this proposal and have demanded that this office, which covers the exports activities of entire upper Sindh area, should not be abolished.
There are good potential and prospects to exports of rice, dates, dry dates, fruits and vegetable, handicrafts for which efforts and keen interest should be undertaken by the staff posted here. In the past, the staff posted here had failed to perform their legitimate duties due to their unwilling attitude, as a result of which the members/exporters were badly handicapped.
In spite of this, very considerable amount of exports of dry dates, dates and rice were done. The exports of these items can still be raised if proper guidance is provided to the intending exporters of fruits, vegetables, handicrafts by holding awareness seminars from time to time and providing informative literature to them by the field staff which is at present lacking far behind.
The chamber pointed out that the importance of Sukkur is know to all, as it is a hub town and have a historical commercial importance. Keeping in view this importance, the office of EPB, now TDAP, was shifted from Larkana to Sukkur.
The members pointed out that the government, therefore, decided to set up dry port, export processing zone and mega city here. Thus with these establishment, the office of TDAP at Sukkur would be much more needed for reactivation provided its officials take care and keep interest to develop the export trade activities of this area, which was ignored in the past.