LAHORE:The Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PCMEA) on Sunday said that government is responsible to take concrete steps for increasing country’s exports in the international markets.

This was stated by Chairperson Carpet Training Institute Parvez Hanif, Association Group Leader Abdul Latif Malik, Vice Chairman Ejaz Ur Rehman, Senior Executive Member Riaz Ahmed and Saeed Khan in a joint statement today.

They said previously Pakistan obtained a huge amount of millions of Dollars through export of Carpets in the international markets. However, they demanded of the government to support all types of exports of Pakistani handmade carpets to the world market.

They said that they have urged Prime Minister Imran Khan a number of times for solving carpet sector’s problems to increase its exports. “The prime minister was making every effort to increase exports. We want him to play a key role in solving the long-standing problems of the handloom carpet industry,” the said.

Pakistan’s handmade carpet products had a unique identity around the world; therefore, manufacturers and exporters, who had been working for decades, were emotionally attached to it despite unfavorable conditions. “Despite having small resources, our carpet exporters are taking all steps to compete with their competitors, especially India,” they added.

The joint statement said that the handloom carpet industry can also provide employment to people in rural areas at their doorsteps. It urged the government to assign special tasks to all Pakistani embassies across the globe to help exporters promote made in Pakistan products. They urged the government to appoint commercial attaches in Pakistani Missions abroad with a special task to help increase Pakistani exports in the international market.