LAHORE – Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) Vice Chairman Taufiq Ahmed Khan has pointed out that despite limited source, REAP members had exported 4.6 million tonnes of rice to different parts of the world in 2009-10.
He was addressing a delegation of 34-member newly inducted officers of Commerce and Trade Group, along with Pakistan Institute of Trade And Development (PITAD) Assistant Director Shafiq Haider Virk and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) conducting officers Mohammad Umar Ashraf and Fahad Raza, who visited the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) head office here on other day.
Taufiq Ahmed Khan highlighted potential of rice industry in the country. He stressed the need of friendly relationship between government functionaries and private sector for trade promotion. He said that rice mills were also facing serious hurdles in production process due to gas and electricity load-shedding.
He urged the need of sustained policies especially for the rice industry, as this sector had been exporting Pakistani rice to some 120 countries, including some non-traditional markets.
