Recently a meeting held between the top officials of Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (CMEA) and the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).
The CMEA Chairman Javed-ur-Rehman demanded to provide facilities to the local traders and exporters equivalent to the Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs.
Javed said that the carpet industry in the country is competing with India and China with limited resources and facilities.
CMEA Chairman also criticized the increase in labour wages up to 33 percent in budget and pointed out that labour has become costlier than raw material.
Country's carpet exports have declined in first half of the fiscal 2006-07.
TDAP Director General Agha Zafar Mehdi Shah pointed out that authority is determined to ease down the pressure on the carpet manufacturers and exporters.
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