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Govt to address garment sector woes
Govt to address garment sector woes
APP July 10, 2021
LAHORE:
Punjab Minister for Industries and Commerce Mian Aslam Iqbal on Friday discussed the problems faced by the garment sector with a delegation of the Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) North Zone, led by its Chairman Adeeb Iqbal Sheikh. During the meeting, they discussed issues of property tax, city government tax, Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) and social security. The minister assured the delegation of resolving their genuine issues and directed the additional commerce secretary to coordinate with the departments concerned immediately to resolve the issues of the garment sector. “All dry ports of Punjab will be fully functional,” he declared.
Pakistan Post sets up Amazon facilitation centre
It will help facilitate garments makers, exporters sell different commodities
PHOTO: AFP
LAHORE:
As Amazon has opened its platforms for Pakistani sellers, this will help promote businesses and online buyers will get reach to Pakistani brands as they will be able to access all major markets through Amazon, said Pakistan Post Postmaster General Punjab Khawaja Imran Raza.
During a meeting with the delegation of Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA), Raza informed about the establishment of Amazon Facilitation Centre by Pakistan Post to facilitate garments manufacturers and exporters on behalf of the government to sell different items/commodities like garments products etc worldwide.
Daily Times
June 5, 2021
Expressing concerns over discriminatory attitude towards small and medium enterprises while giving automatic rebate on exports, Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has demanded measures for treating small and large exporters equally.
“Web Based One Customs (WeBOC) is facilitating only the large exporters. Small-medium enterprises (SMEs) are totally ignored. The web based system confuses the SMEs by giving various remarks. SMEs are not getting rebate automatically and on the other hand, they cannot follow their claims. No official bothered to respond to the calls and queries of small exporters. More than 400 small exporters are bearing the brunt of lack of payments which actually should be made automatically”, said PRGMEA North Zone Chairman Adeeb Iqbal Sheikh. He said that SMEs are playing equally important role in enhancing exports of the country but unfortunately not getting due facilities from the government