INDIAN EXPORTS OF SYNTHETIC TEXTILES TO PAKISTAN START TO GROW AGAIN, RECOVERING FROM PAST SHARP FALL IN TRADE

THE POLITICAL standoff between India and Pakistan may dominate the news headlines but India’s synthetic textiles, yarn and fibre are starting to find an increasing number of Pakistani buyers. According to Kripabar Baruah, joint director, Synthetic and Rayon Textile Export Promotion Council (SRTEPC), exports to Pakistan that had fallen in 2014-5, and 2015-6, have grown in the current financial year (2016-17). “Exports to Pakistan were down more than 5 percent in the last two years but this year we have seen more than 10 percent growth in exports to ...


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