Direct shipping link can enhance Pakistan-BD trade: Daily Times

Staff Report

KARACHI: The major problem in trade between Pakistan and Bangladesh is lack of direct shipping link, Saquib Ali, deputy High Commissioner Bangladesh said this while

talking to members Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Saturday.

The present trade volume of Bangladesh and Pakistan is $350 million, which includes $80 million of Bangladesh export of jute and tea and $270 million of export from Pakistan to Bangladesh in textile.

He said a sizeable garments orders from EU and USA are moving from China to Bangladesh in near future, so a robust growth of textile exports from Pakistan to Bangladesh opens more avenues for both the countries.

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