Secy Commerce briefed about initiatives during TDAP's visit

KARACHI: Secretary Ministry of Commerce, Muhammad Sualeh Ahmed Faruqui, visited the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) on Monday where he was received by Chief Executive and Acting Secretary TDAP.

During the visit, Secretary Commerce was briefed about the TDAP's ongoing initiatives. He advised to focus especially on virtual exhibitions, B2B marketplace, research and data analytics, as the participation in physical exhibitions has reduced drastically, because of ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. He appreciated the TDAP's prominent role, as direct interface with the trade, in providing policy input to Ministry of Commerce as well as other ministries in addition to trade facilitation and trade promotion work.

Secretary Commerce assured his full support to resolve the issues raised by the exporters. He said that Ministry of Commerce would take up the matters with other relevant federal ministries as well as respective provincial governments on priority to facilitate the exporters and boost exports of the country.

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