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Article: Pakistan keeps going despite restrictions: development of 'Textile Cities' expected to spur trade.(Pakistan: top international manufacturers.)
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- Home Textiles Today
- Article date:
- March 21, 2005
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Although the post-quota situation for Pakistan's home textiles manufacturers brings opportunity, free trade alone cannot clear some of the obstacles executives in Pakistan see as potentially limiting their growth.
The U.S. State Department's travel advisory against non-essential travel to Pakistan continues to keep away many potential buyers from the United States, mill executives said. So have certain U.S. corporate insurance policies that require a higher premium when their holders travel to countries on the official Travel Warning list.
Although Pakistan's mill executives travel to meet clients in their U.S. offices or at mid-points such as Dubai, ...