Trade
FBR Imposes 10% Processing Fee On Afghan Goods
Islamabad; The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in Pakistan has recently imposed a 10 percent processing fee on Afghan transit goods. This new levy, effective…
Pakistan’s Services Exports Climb to $5.46B in FY25
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s services sector has shown modest growth in the current fiscal year, with exports climbing 6.04% year-on-year to reach $5.46 billion during the first…
Senate Commerce Committee Reviews Budget Utilization and Trade Initiatives
ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce, chaired by Senator Anusha Rahman, convened on Monday the Parliament House to assess the Ministry of Commerce’s budget…
Exports Rise 12.57% in Pakistan’s First Five Months of FY25
According to figures issued by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), exports from Pakistan climbed by 12.57% in the first five months of fiscal year…
Trade deemed necessary to ensure post-COVID economic recovery
In a recent webinar organized by the International Trade Center Geneva (ITC), in collaboration with Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) featured key global trade experts…
Pakistan becomes head of the World Trade Organization’s Trade & Development committee
Pakistan has been elected to lead the Committee on Trade & Development (CTD) of the World Trade Organisation for 2021. The announcement was made by…
Italian ambassador offers long-term visas to Pakistani investors to increase bilateral trade
While taking a tour of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) the Italian ambassador, Andreas Ferrarese, said that the two countries have the…
Belgium holds lucrative investment opportunities for Pakistani firms: Belgium Trade Commissioner
The Trade Commissioner at the Embassy of Belgium in Pakistan, Abid Hussain, has said that there are lucrative investment opportunities for Pakistani firms in Belgium,…
Turkish companies eager to set up industrial units in Pakistan
A delegation of investors have expressed keen interest in setting up industrial units to meet the needs of Pakistan’s construction industry. The delegation of investors…
Services exports are up 12.66% in September 2020 while trade deficit decreases
According to the statistics issued by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the country’s services exports are up by 12.66% in September 2020 as compared…
Microsoft obtains license to continue selling software to Huawei
Ever since the President of the United States, Donald Trump, blacklisted Huawei, most companies in the United States have not been allowed to trade with…
Pakistan’s trade deficit decreased by 35% in Q1 of fiscal year 2019
In the first quarter of this fiscal year (July-September), Pakistan’s trade deficit fell by 35%; to $5.72 billion from $8.79 billion and almost all of…
Trump aims to reach the immense trade potential with Pakistan
Trump talks about increasing trade with Pakistan ‘significantly in a very short period’. Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, yesterday, had a meeting with the…
