Free access to Pakistani products to US market without any delay, Traders
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MULTAN,April 24th: The United States should fulfil its four-year-old promises by former President George W. Bush to create a trade preference program for Pakistan, and it should provide access Pakistani products to US markets aimed at creating jobs in Pakistan and Afghanistan by providing duty-free access to the United States for certain goods made in approved zones within the two countries, hailing the joint statement of the United States and Pakistan, Malik Asrar Ahmed Awan President of Multan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) said that these measures have been bottled up in Congress and now it should not be further delayed "US reaffirmed its commitment to support Pakistan through market access initiatives," Now this commitment must be materialised without any delay. Awan said that " when both sides agreed to work together and with the U.S. Congress to move ROZ (Reconstruction Opportunity Zone) legislation forward there should be no hindreance or preconditions for implementation on this commitment He said that Pakistan's biggest export to the United States is cotton clothing and household goods. That category accounted for $2.4 billion of its total exports of $3.2 billion to the United States last year and Pakistan pays some $315 million in U.S. duties on its clothing, bedsheet and towel exports to the United States. MCCI chief said that it is a good augury that US -Pak agreed to work together to develop new ideas to enhance market access, foster investment, and create jobs in both of our countries," He hoped that .Congress would review all U.S. trade preference programs this year, with an eye toward reform.MCCI chief said that Pakistan must be invited in entrepreneurship conference being hosted by President Barack Obama to deepen ties between business people in the United States and Muslim countries.He hoped that this conference would help in achieving the goals of finding ways to make economic and social climates favourable for entrepreneurship, and developing the role of businesswomen.
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