BEIJING: Pakistan has been exporting cotton and yarn to China for 40 to 50 years and now Pakistani textile merchants are trying to develop exports of fabrics and ready-made garments, said Usman Saeed, head of China operations of Pakistani Textile Company.

Talking to media at Intertextile Expo held in Shanghai, Usman said international textile exhibition provided platform to showcase Pakistani products. Pakistani exhibitors can also benefit from state-of-the-art technologies and trends from their Chinese counterparts, he added.

Usman hoped that more Chinese enterprises would participate in upcoming 4th International Textile Expo to be held in Karachi next month for technical and professional exchanges, CEN reported.

There will be products ranging from raw materials to finished goods at expo that are competitive in price and quality all around world, he added.

Pakistan is leading textile country with production capacity spanning whole industrial chain. Most of its textile products are exported to Europe and America. Usman’s company has also contributed to Pakistan’s textile exports by manufacturing for international sports brands. Believing that China’s large population, with its diverse tastes, could make room for many products, company started its business in China in 2016 by opening an office in Dongguan, Guangdong.

Usman sees golden opportunity to tap Chinese market, where dying and processing policies are becoming more stringent. With development of high technology, rising labour cost in China has challenged development of labour-intensive textile manufacturing industry.

Pakistani men’s garments export to China increased by nearly 33 percent in 2022 and its T-shirt export to China reached $ 5.53 million in first two months of 2023, up 106 percent compared with same period in 2022.

Published in The Daily National Courier, April, 06 2023

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