PAKISTAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY URGES GOVERNMENT TO FURTHER IMPROVE COMPETITIVENESS
December 1st, 2018
PAKISTAN’S textile sector has been encouraged by the country’s new government’s reforms to gas pricing to request exemptions from duties and taxes on imports of raw materials - and the long-awaited release of refunds by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).
The Pakistan Readymade Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) met with Razzak Dawood, an advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan on commerce and textiles on December 24th.
There, PRGMEA central chairman, Mubashar Naseer Butt, demanded rationalisation of duty structures and taxes on ...
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