Speakers call for tapping handicrafts export potential

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a webinar called for tapping and promoting Pakistani handicrafts export potential.
The webinar on pricing strategies and logistic solutions for the export of handicrafts from Pakistan to China was jointly organized by the Consulate General of Pakistan in Shanghai and the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan.
Hussain Haider, Consul General of Pakistan in Shanghai on the occasion explained that there is a wide range of import prices for handicrafts in China depending upon unique attributes of the product and its positioning in the Chinese market. With the right strategy, handicrafts can become a huge potential product for Pakistan to export to China.
On this occasion, Mr. Anderson Wang, CEO of Zhejiang Eman Logistics International Company, presented different options for exporters from Pakistan to ship their products to China. His company, which also has a warehouse in Karachi, can help Pakistani companies ship their products to various rigions of China. He introduced Pakistan’s permanent pavilion in Yiwu city, Zhejiang province, which is managed by his company. He added that “we encourage handicraft suppliers from Pakistan to dispatch samples of their products for free display in Pakistan’s permanent pavilion.” –Agencies