Energy rates for textile exports have been fixed despite global shortages
Islamabad: Pakistan will review the special energy rates granted to the textile industry by the government each year, taking into account prices offered by its competitors in the region, the country’s top commerce official said on Wednesday.
The move is part of the South Asian nation’s latest textile policy, approved by the government on Tuesday, which seeks to consolidate recent growth in a sector that accounts for 60 per cent of Pakistan’s exports.
“One of the main objectives is to give our textile industry internationally competitive electricity and gas rates,” Abdul Razzaq Dawood, special advisor to Pakistan’s Prime Minister on Commerce, said at a news conference.
The country’s textile export target for this financial year is $21 billion, compared to $15.5 billion the previous year, when total exports amounted to $25.3 billion.
The textile policy should have been finalised months ago, but was delayed by differences between various ministries over the sweeping financial incentives and support traditionally given to the sector as Pakistan embarks on a fiscal tightening push.
Last month, the government removed tax exemptions given to a number of sectors in a bid to meet performance criteria set out in a International Monetary Fund (IMF) support programme to curtail its budgetary deficit.
The IMF has also asked Pakistan to review electricity tariffs to remove growing circular debt in its energy...
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