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Fri, 04/15/2011 - 16:36
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Pakistani surgical industry submits package to EDB for achieving $ 1bn export mark by 2014
Islamabad, April 15, 2011 (PPI ): Stakeholders of Surgical instrument industry has submitted a package of recommendations to Engineering Development Board (EDB) for achieving 1 billion $ export mark by 2014. These were finalized in a day workshop jointly organized by Engineering Development Board and Surgical Instrument Manufacturers Association of Pakistan (SIMAP) held at Sialkot Friday.
The main emphasis is to control the menace of cut throat price competition between the local manufacturers and the remedy suggested is to fix minimum export price of all the products. The government has already made a beginning by fixing minimum export price of basic items. However, the stakeholders want to expand this system in near future.
The workshop was inaugurated by Senator Rukhsana Zubairi, Chairperson, Pakistan Engineering Council. She advised the industry to change as the whole world was changing by adopting modern production methods. Better wages to the workers will improve their productivity, which would ultimately increase their profit, Senator added.
It may be noted that the current export of surgical instrument is 250 million $ and experts believe that it can touch 1 billion $ mark within 2 to 3 years. The industry provides employment to more than one hundred and fifty thousands skilled labour force and is the top earner of foreign exchange amongst all sectors in the domestic engineering industry.
Representatives of the industry highlighted the adverse affects of the ILO campaign against child labour in this industry. They were unanimous in voicing that the government should find some solution to it as they were facing active shortage of skilled labour.
CEO, EDB, Aitizaz A. Niazi announced that EDB will hold next workshop on cutlery industry at Wazirabad and fan industry at Gujrat shortly. The workshop was conducted in Urdu so that all stakeholders could participate.
The main emphasis is to control the menace of cut throat price competition between the local manufacturers and the remedy suggested is to fix minimum export price of all the products. The government has already made a beginning by fixing minimum export price of basic items. However, the stakeholders want to expand this system in near future.
The workshop was inaugurated by Senator Rukhsana Zubairi, Chairperson, Pakistan Engineering Council. She advised the industry to change as the whole world was changing by adopting modern production methods. Better wages to the workers will improve their productivity, which would ultimately increase their profit, Senator added.
It may be noted that the current export of surgical instrument is 250 million $ and experts believe that it can touch 1 billion $ mark within 2 to 3 years. The industry provides employment to more than one hundred and fifty thousands skilled labour force and is the top earner of foreign exchange amongst all sectors in the domestic engineering industry.
Representatives of the industry highlighted the adverse affects of the ILO campaign against child labour in this industry. They were unanimous in voicing that the government should find some solution to it as they were facing active shortage of skilled labour.
CEO, EDB, Aitizaz A. Niazi announced that EDB will hold next workshop on cutlery industry at Wazirabad and fan industry at Gujrat shortly. The workshop was conducted in Urdu so that all stakeholders could participate.
