Tag: Exports

KEPZs record 34pc increase in exports

During the month of May, the exports from Karachi Export Processing Zones (KEPZs) showed a record growth of 34 percent. According to Export Processing...

REAP basks in exports

Punjab Governor Sardar Latif Khan Khosa has called upon the agricultural scientists to pay attention on developing genetically improved disease-free seeds aimed to achieve...

Wheat exports cause mass environmental degradation

Whereas the cash-strapped government is busy the record dollar reserves augmented primarily by the export of wheat, rice, cotton and other commodities, the cynical...

Pakistan exports to UK rise by 24pc

According to the officials at the commerce wing of the Pakistan High Commission, Pakistan’s exports to the UK have increased by 24 per cent...

Budget not to support country’s exports

The budget 2011-2012, which is not based on a growth oriented budget, is likely to have no remarkable impacts on the country’s exports during...

Govt policy ensures record exports: PM

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday said that the government, despite rising energy costs, had managed to contain current account deficit to...

Gilani stresses exploration of markets for exports

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said economic diplomacy was an integral part of his government’s foreign policy and stressed on further exploration...

Pakistan earning $1.4b through IT exports: PM

Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani on Tuesday said that Pakistan was earning around $1.4 billion through Information Technology related exports annually.Chairing a high-level...

Consumers question rationale for wheat exports

Local consumers have grown increasingly worried by the export of millions of tons of ‘excess’ provincial wheat while the prices of flour, sugar and...

Gloves stand out in sports exports

The exports of sports goods from Pakistan increased by 8.06 percent during the first ten months of the current fiscal as compared to the...

Malaysia to help boost halal product exports

Punjab Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (PIEDMC) and the Government of Malaysia have signed an MoU for the promotion of halal product projects,...

Food exports surge by 29.07pc

The export of food products during the last ten months of current financial year registered an increase of 29.07 percent as compared to the...

Exports of $24 billion in sights

For the first time ever in the country’s history, exports have crossed the $20 billion mark in the first 10 months of the current...

Exports at EPZA go up 39 percent

The exports from Export Processing Zones Authority (EPZA)during the period from July 2010 to April 2011 registered record growth of 39 percent. According to...

Cement exports to India resume after BIS certification

KARACHI - Local cement producers must have breathed a sigh of relief after receiving a green signal from India for exports which, analysts said, were declining. Analysts stated that cement exports from Pakistan remained depressed during the month of March and had exhibited an annual dip of 14 percent. "A ray of hope has emerged for local cement producers as they are now allowed to export cement to India," said Furqan Punjani, an analyst at Topline Research.
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Textile sector continues to boost exports

KARACHI - Pakistan's textile sector export in March 2011 exhibited robust growth, augmenting by 44 percent, while the food group posted a 56.4 percent increase compared to the same month in the last fiscal year. Sources stated that the country's export of textile and clothing, which are major export sectors and possess 50 percent share in total export, stood at $1,249 million in March, 2011 in contrast with $867.253 million during the same month in 2010. Besides, export of food,

‘Exports increased by 26.5 percent’

ISLAMABAD - Minister for Commerce Amin Fahim on Friday apprised the National Assembly that Pakistan's exports had exhibited a tremendous upsurge in 2010-11 (July-March) and touched $17.799 billion compared to $14.072 billion in the corresponding period of last year.
"Our exports have registered an increase of 26.5 percent in the year 2010-11", he said in reply to a question asked by Mian Marghoob Ahmad of PML-N during the question-hour session. He said that since March 2008 till