Exports facilitation

Published July 9, 2002

KARACHI July 8: The Export Promotion Bureau has provided pro and re-active facilitation to exporters as part of the national drive to improve the country’s exports.

According to the EPB here on Monday, the Bureau has launched an exporters’ education programme to guide and educate small and medium enterprises and emerging and potential exporters.

Under the programme, the EPB held a series of seminars on “basic export requirements” in various cities, including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Quetta, Sialkot and Faisalabad.

Topics covered under the series were export registration: procedure and documentation, international trade rules and WTO, export marketing, product development, export finance, SME Bank’s facilitation and incentives for exporters.

Subject experts, including exporters and the EPB consultants, delivered lectures and presentations on the above topics.

These seminars were held in collaboration with the chambers of commerce and were largely attended by SMEs and potential and emerging exporters.—APP

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