Joint Asia-Pacific strategy to strengthen textile industry urged
KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, president of the FPCCI and the ECO-CCI and the vice president of CACCI, has called for a joint Asia-Pacific strategy to strengthen the region’s textile industry, enhance competitiveness and expand its share in global markets. He made these remarks while presenting Pakistan’s perspective on regional textile integration at a CACCI webinar on “Textile Industry in Asia…
FPCCI president Atif Ikram Sheikh has called for a joint Asia-Pacific strategy to strengthen the region's textile industry, enhance competitiveness, and expand its share in global markets. Speaking at a CACCI webinar, Sheikh highlighted Pakistan's significant role in the global textile sector, accounting for 60% of national exports and employing around 100 million people.
He proposed that Asia-Pacific countries should explore a joint strategy for expanding textile exports to the EU, Africa, and US markets, emphasizing the importance of sustainability, technological innovation, and international branding for future competitiveness.
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