Source: AAJ News
23/12/2010 – Federal Minister for Commerce, Makhdoom Amin Fahim informed the National Assembly on Thursday that there was no decrease in the rice exports from the country in last three years.
Instead, as compared to rice exports of $1.8 billion in 2007-2008, the exports in 2009-10 increase to $2.2 billion, he said during the question hour.
He said that top twenty destinations of Pakistani rice, which accounts to 75 percent of country’s rice exports, showed an increase from $1.36 billion in 2007-08 to US$1.65 billion in 2009-10.
He said that there had been no decrease in export of rice but appreciating the export potential of rice, Ministry of Commerce has taken steps to enhance the export of the commodity.
Replying a question on textile exports, the federal minister said that US$10.8 billion were earned by exporting textile products during 2009-10 where as during the first five months of the current fiscal year foreign exchange of US$4.010 billion was earned by exporting textile products.
He said that the government has adopted a comprehensive strategy regarding restructuring and reorganization of the textile sector and deal with the problems it has been facing.
Federal Minister informed the house that the ministry of commerce would be organizing a conference of all its commercial officers deputed in various embassies of the different countries to help increase exports from the country.
He said that the commercial officers and businessmen of the country would sit together to formulate a strategy and overcome the problems in this regard.