Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) will participate in 3-day Made in Pakistan Expo Baku starting from October 28 in Azerbaijan for promoting the furniture exports.
PFC Chief Executive Mian Kashif Ashfaq while chairing a meeting of furniture exporters Tuesday said that Pakistani businessmen have shown keen interest in the exhibition and have high hopes for the promotion of their products in the markets of Azerbaijan,” says a press release issued here on Tuesday.
He also stressed that such exhibition will certainly affect the strengthening of Azerbaijani-Pakistani relations and the strengthening of ties between people.
Mian Kashif Ashfaq, who is also chairman of Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC) said they would invite Azeri investors and businessmen to invest in furniture city to be established in Allama Iqbal Industrial City in Faisalabad to tap growing opportunities in Pakistan.
He also said PFC would extend invitation to furniture producers and retailers of Azerbaijan besides China, Italy, United Kingdom, Turkey, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Denmark, Thailand and, Bangkok to participate in mega 11th “Interiors Pakistan” Expo-2019 commencing from November 22 in Lahore.
He said that Pakistan and Azerbaijan had enough potential to further increase their bilateral trade volume by exploring the existing opportunities.
He expressed his satisfaction over the growth of bilateral trade between the two countries which witnessed an increase by about 25 percent.
