Pakistan
Pakistan Puts 10% Import Duty on Indian Cotton Yarn
The tariff, which comes into effect on November 1, was announced Saturday by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar after…
APTMA to Invest $1 Billion Annually to Boost Pakistani Exports
While Pakistan's textile producers wait to receive news on a new textile package, which could potentially…
Pakistan: Cargo Movement Returns to Normal, New Relief Package Expected to Revitalize Textile Industry
Cargo movement stalled in Pakistan early this month when freight forwarders and air cargo agents went on…
IPR: The Future of Pakistan’s Textile Industry Looks Cloudy
The country's share of United States apparel imports was only 1.8 percent in the first half of 2015, compared…
Pakistan and Thailand FTA to Boost Textile Exports
Once Pakistan and Thailand sign the Free Trade Agreement they are negotiating, Pakistan's textile and…
Pakistan’s Duty Drawback Extended to All Exporters Using Polyester
Pakistan's finance ministry has confirmed to the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) that all textile and…
Pakistan Textile Exporters Request Government Intervention to Save Sector
Pakistani textile exporters are steadily claiming the industry has lost its viability against competitors due…
APTMA to Pakistan Government: Devalue Rupee or Risk $4 Billion Decline in Exports
Pakistan's textile sector has been struggling to stay afloat as it battles high costs and excessive…
Pakistan Puts off 10 Million Strong Worker Strike
Pakistan's garment sector workers and the associations that represent them had a strike scheduled for Friday…
Pakistan: 10 Million Textile Workers Set to Strike in August
Pakistan's textile industry is still reeling from rising costs and some mills have even closed up shop in the…
New Training Push to Strengthen Pakistan’s Struggling Textile Sector
About 120,000 people are set to profit from a skill development program designed to boost jobs in Pakistan's…
Pakistan: Textile Mills Shutter as Business Becomes Unviable
Conditions in Pakistan's ailing textile industry are hovering dangerously close to fatal as rising costs of…
Pakistan Invests in Technical Textile Sector
Pakistan's struggling textile sector might be turning its luck around.
Pakistan: APTMA Seeks Zero Duty on Polyester Fiber Imports
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has asked the Pakistan government to lower the import duty…
EU Trade Office Reviews GSP Benefits in Pakistan
A delegation from the European Union Trade Office Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Program visited…