Observer Report
Faisalabad
Ambassador of Pakistan to Denmark, Ahmad Farooq has said that Pakistani embassy is making serious efforts to enhance Pakistani exports and in this connection virtual B2B Meetings and webinars could be arranged.
Addressing a Zoom Conference with FCCI on Tuesday, Ahmad Farooq said that he has been designated as ambassador just a few months ago. Out of it, one and half month was wasted in corona lockdown and only 45 days were available to him to explore and identify in the potential sectors for Pakistani exports.
The Ambassador said that Denmark is not a big market like Germany and Italy but it is not too small to be ignored. He said that Pakistani exports to Denmark are 208 million dollars out of which 90% share goes to the textile sector, hence we must focus on it. He said that if the textile sector is bifurcated, Pakistan is among top ten countries in woven while in knitwear we are ranked 15/16 and our major competitors are China and Bangladesh. He said that Bangladesh has a variety of exports as compared to Pakistani products and hence its exports to Denmark are 750 million dollar. He further said that we stand nowhere in leather, sports and surgical goods.
Ahmad Farooq said that Pakistani exports are picking up and in May our exports were one million which jumped to 6 million dollar in June this year. He requested President FCCI to identify corona related challenges so that it could be resolved on top priority basis. He said that in current situations direct meetings or delegations are not possible, however he could arrange virtual B2B meetings or webinars.
He further said that the EU has finalized a list of countries that have successfully controlled corona and allowed these countries to start exports with these countries. “However it will be solely at the discretion of that specific country”, he said and added that Denmark has also allowed trade with 6 selected countries.
