Executive Member, Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI), Ziaul Haq Sarhadi has asked the government to focus on provision of maximum facilities to exporters. Presenting suggestions for the new trade policy, Sarhadi said the government should provide maximum facilities to exporters of the country to achieve goal of enhancing international trade.
The federal government needs to take some strict measures for making land route export from Chaman to Central Asian countries more functional and improving security conditions at Torkhem and Ghulam Khan border check posts. In order to increase country's export, micro system should be adopted and undue bans on exports should be lifted forthwith, he added.
Zia said efforts should be made for attracting investment in power sector for meeting energy crisis generating in the country. The government, he added, should concentrate on export of vegetable and fruits as a result of which export could be increased to a great extend. Presently, he said the revenue generated through export of vegetable and fruit was 130 million dollar, which was very meager.
According to survey, Zia added, 16 percent fruit, flowers and vegetables were perished in NWFP annually. If government concentrates on provision of refrigerator transportation of perishable goods, these fruits and vegetables could be saved from going waste.
He said dry fruit also perished due to non-availability of transportation facility from hilly areas to down country. The government, he added, constructs roads in hilly areas, including Chitral, Swat, Kohistan for transportation of fruits to other parts of the country.
In the new Trade Policy, measures should also be announced for making Risalpur Export Processing Zone functional, ending of export development fund (EDF) on export to Afghanistan for five years and fixing of export withholding tax ratio at 0.50 percent.
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