SIALKOT: Pakistan’s Commercial Attaché to UAE Habib Warraich has urged the Sialkot exporters to divert their business activities to United Arab Emirates (UAE) for getting the full trade and export-related advantages in UAE under the investment-friendly atmosphere there.
He stated this while addressing an important meeting to Sialkot exporters and business tycoons held at Sialkot here on Saturday.
He said that Sialkot exporters have a great potential to explore and capture the international trade markets of UAE by exporting their diversified and non-diversified best quality export products including sports goods, surgical instruments, leather and leather products, musical instruments, gloves, hosiery and martial arts uniforms etc.
Habib Warraich also sought the effective and positive suggestions from Sialkot exporters to develop bilateral trade ties between Pakistan and UAE, besides, establishing the strong business-to-business contacts between the businessmen of Pakistan and UAE.
He said that the effective trade, export and investment friendly policies of both Pakistan and UAE could help to open the new vistas of business and socio-economic development in the region.
He also stressed need of promotion of business-to-business contacts between Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) and Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) for facilitating the businessmen.
He said that there was also a dire need of establish an international standard display center of Sialkot-made export products at UAE and he assured his full cooperation and assistance to Sialkot exporters, in this regard.
Pakistan’s Commercial Attaché to UAE Habib Warraich revealed that Pakistan’s Ministry of Commerce (MoC) and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) were evolving the effective trade and exports enhancement policies to ensure the early increase in the mutual and bilateral trade between Pakistan and UAE.
He added that the Pakistani exports to the UAE could be enhanced to $6 billion by ensuring the proper and effective publicity of the Pakistani export products in UAE as well. He said that the annual imports of UAE were $100 billion and Pakistan had the share of only 3 percent in UAE imports.
He said that Indian exporters were sharing as many as 80 percent in total exports to UAE.
Local MNA Ch. Armughan Subhani, MPA Ch Arshad Javaid Warraich, Central Chairman Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) Ejaz A Khokhar, President Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Fazal Jillani, Member Board of Directors (BoD) Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Shah Zaman Khan, Sialkot DCO Nadeem Sarwar and Principal Kh. Muhammad Safdar Medical College Sialkot (KMSMDS) Prof. Dr. Zafar Ali Chaudhary and other business tycoons attended the meeting.
