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Article: Textile imports from European countries stopped.
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- PPI - Pakistan Press International
- Article date:
- February 19, 2004
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KARACHI, Feb 19(PPI):The Pakistani textile sector has decided to cancel all the orders and stop import of textile machinery, chemicals and other material from the European countries as a protest over the imposition of anti-dumping duty on the country's bed linen by the European Union (EU), reported the VOA on. Pakistan has made an investment of worth three billion dollars in the textile sector in the last years and all the required machinery has been imported from the European countries, Pakistan Bed Wares Association leader Shabbir Ahmed told VOA. He further said Pakistan has currently placed orders worth about one billion dollar in the European countries to purchase ...