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Oman envoy regrets drop in trade | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The trade volume between Pakistan and Oman has descended from $650 million to $250 million due to Covid-19, lamented Oman Consul General Muhammad Nasser Hamed Al Mabsali. Speaking to businessmen during his visit to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) on Friday, he termed it necessary for the two Muslim countries…
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Russia and Ukraine: China’s trade partners in numbers
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[ad_1] A man finishes glueing huge placards bearing images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and reading “Russia does not start wars, it ends them” (L) and “We will aim for the demilitarisation and denasification of Ukraine” in the city center of Simferopol, Crimea, on March 4, 2022. — AFP BEIJING: Russia’s economy has been hit…
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Trade deficit stays high at $32b | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit remained significantly high at $32 billion in the first eight months of current fiscal year as the pace of increase in exports stood at nearly half of the surge in imports, making the government’s external position vulnerable. According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday,…
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Malaysia keen to boost trade with Pakistan | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] PESHAWAR: The business community of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has urged the concerned authorities to simplify the visa issuance process to boost bilateral trade and economic relations between Pakistan and Malaysia. In a meeting with High Commission of Malaysia Charge D’ Affairs Deddy Faisal Ahmad Salleh on Monday, the traders called for reaping complete benefits of the…
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Normalising trade with India | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: “Trade with India is the need of the hour and beneficial to both countries … it should open now,” so the PM Adviser on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood declared last week. About a year ago, he took some practical steps in that direction when he got the Economic Coordination Committee of the cabinet…
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Pak-Afghan trade volume shrinks to $1b | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: A report of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has expressed serious concerns over the “shrinking” trade volume from $2.5 billion to $1 billion between the two countries. “Lack of business-friendly policies, absence of proper barter trade mechanisms, ineffective investment and joint venture policies apart from unnecessary pressure and action…
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Envoy lauds growth in Pakistan, Indonesia trade | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The value of bilateral trade between Indonesia and Pakistan soared to a record level of $3.9 billion in 2021 despite the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, revealed Indonesian Consul-General in Karachi Dr June Kuncoro Hadiningrat. Speaking at a business-to-business hybrid meeting organised by Indonesian Consulate General in Karachi at a local hotel on Saturday,…
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‘PTA to increase trade between Pak, Uzbekistan’ | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood on Tuesday said that the Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) to increase bilateral trade between Pakistan and Uzbekistan is expected to be finalised on March 4. The signing of the agreement will take place during Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev visit to Pakistan…
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Houston trade delegation to visit Karachi | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The mayor of Houston (Texas, the United States) has expressed the desire to bring a trade delegation to Karachi in September 2022, which will hold meetings with government officials and local trade bodies, revealed Houston-Karachi Sister City Association (HKSCA) President Saeed Sheikh. In a meeting with office-bearers of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce…
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Arresting the soaring trade deficit | The Express Tribune
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[ad_1] KARACHI: The robust increase in exports is often regarded as one of the biggest achievements of the government by different ministers, and rightly so. But the positive impact of double-digit increase in exports is being offset by the surge in imports. In fiscal year 2018-19, when the current PTI government came to power, Pakistan…
