BEIJING: Pakistan's export to China shows an upward trend, registering an increase of about 36 percent in the recent nine months.
According to the Chinese custom officials, the exports were around $612million from January to September, whereas it was $448 million in the corresponding period last year.
There was a considerable increase in the export items like cotton yarn, cotton fabric, leather, chromium ore, copper and chemical, Chinese officials said. The balance of trade still in China s favor.
The experts said that there is still great room for enhancing the export, particularly of non-traditional items including sport and engineering goods, handicrafts, furniture, surgical instruments, marble, onyx, jewelry and agro-based products.
Pakistan's exports to China is likely to get further boost, when tariff on a number trading items would be reduced to zero under the Early Harvest Programme (EHP), to be effective from January, 2006, they added.
