SIALKOT: The exports of surgical instruments from Sialkot increased by $2 million, as these exports jumped to $339 million from $337 million during the fiscal year 2014-15.
Chairman Surgical Instruments Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (SIMAP) Muhammad Ashraf Raza while talking to the newsmen at his office here today.
He said that main reason behind this increase in surgical exports from Sialkot-Pakistan was the easy access of Sialkot based surgical instruments’ exporters to the new international markets. He said that the Sialkot exporters are now exploring the new international trade markets of surgical exports in China and even in the African Countries.
He said that the entry into Chinese markets was very difficult task, as there was requirement of registration of the companies first in China before doing business there and this process of the registration was very difficult in China.
Chairman SIMAP added that however, Sialkot based surgical instruments manufacturing and exporting 11 big companies have got them registered there in China for bringing the surgical instruments exports business to Sialkot-Pakistan.
He said that the Surgical Instruments Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (SIMAP) has recently organized and international standard Dental Shown in China , in which 18 companies from Sialkot actively participated.
Chairman SIMAP revealed that the Sialkot based surgical instruments’ exporters have touched the international trade markets in China and other African Countries, which could be the very big markets of the Sialkot-made traditional and non-traditional surgical instruments, saying that the Sialkot exporters are getting very encouraging response from Chinese and African Countries’ international trade markets.
Another leading exporter of surgical instruments Muhammad Jehangir Bajwa said that the Sialkot exporters have a great potential to explore and capture the said international trade markets by exporting their world class diversified traditional and non-traditional surgical instruments, in this regard.
