Uzbekistan, Pakistan keen on PTA, economic cooperation
Business
February 2, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Uzbekistan and Pakistan on Monday showed resolve to enter into a preferential trade agreement and cooperate in shipping, textile, engineering and information technology sectors.
Shavkat Mirziyoyev, president of Uzbekistan discussed matters related to economic cooperation during a meeting with Adviser on Commerce and Investment Razak Dawood, who is leading a delegation to Uzbekistan, according to an official statement. This was the first meeting of joint working group on trade and economic affairs and the meeting of tripartite working group on the implementation of the âTrans-Afghan railway projectâ. The meeting would continue till 4 February.
Adviser warrants TDAP’s ‘harder’ effort to explore new markets
Business
January 31, 2021
KARACHI: Adviser to Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Razak Dawood advised the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to strive even harder to promote exports of Pakistan in new geographies like Africa so that the geographic basket of markets for the country is diversified.
“Africa has immense potential for engineering and pharmaceutical products,” Dawood said during a meeting with the TDAP’s officials on Friday.
The meeting discussed the trade promotion measures being taken under the ministry of commerce’s Look Africa Policy initiative that was launched in 2017.
IT exports surge 40pc to $958mln in first half
Business
January 23, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistanâs information and communication technology exports surged 40 percent to $958 million during the first half of the current fiscal year of 2020/21, although overall servicesâ exports remained flat, commerce adviser said on Friday.
IT exports stood at $684 million during the same period of the previous fiscal year. Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Razak Dawood said the information and communication technology exports will soon become a âvery important sector in Pakistanâs total exports and I am optimistic that these would cross the $2 billion mark in the current financial year.â
ISLAMABAD: The government is taking initiatives to facilitate ease of doing business for small and medium enterprises sector, commerce adviser said on Friday.Adviser to the Prime Minister on.
Pakistan s exports to UK top $1 billion in first six months of fiscal year: Dawood
Pakistan
Adviser to the Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment Razak Dawood. APP/File
Pakistan s exports to the UK crossed Rs1 billion, in a record for the first six months of any financial year , Adviser to the Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment Razak Dawood said Saturday.
Taking to Twitter, the prime minister s adviser said that the exports to the UK for July-December 2020 had gone up by 21% as compared to last year.
Dawood said that the exports to the UK increased from $852 million during July-Dec 2019 to $1.29 billion during July-Dec 2020.