The trade delegation under Chinese Assistant Trade Minister Wang Chao met with Commerce Minister Humayun Akhtar Khan, a Commerce Ministry statement said on Thursday. The delegation consisted of traders and importers from China. Secretary Commerce, Syed Asif Shah also attended the meeting.
The Federal Minister for Commerce welcomed the delegation and said that it is the desire of our leadership to have good friendly relationship with China. He said that steps have been taken for the roadmap for enhancing trade relationship.
The important step is the acquisition of Paktel. The Chinese minister also thanked the Federal Minister. The recent years have witnessed steady growth of Pakistan's exports to China. According to Chinese statistics its import from Pakistan in the year 2006 was valued at US $462 million an increase of 32 percent over 2005.