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Transforming the Private Sector

Aadil Nakhoda highlights Pakistan's challenges in boosting sustainable exports and transforming its private sector into a dynamic growth driver and emphasizes the importance of digitizing trade processes through initiatives like the Pakistan Single Window to enhance accessibility for smaller firms. Addressing issues like low participation in global value chains and encouraging SME competitiveness are crucial pathways toward economic growth and global competitiveness.

Nov-27-2023

Trade facilitation: country achieves major milestone

Pakistan has achieved a significant milestone in trade facilitation by linking to the IPPC's e-Phyto Hub, enabling the electronic exchange of phytosanitary certificates with 127 countries via PSW. The NPPO and PSW integration aims to digitize trade functions and enhance global trade efficiency. CEO PSW also highlighted the elimination of paper certificates, enhancing national trade digitization, and benefitting entry points and traders nationwide.

Nov-21-2023

Pakistan Automotive Sector Seeks Immediate Policy Reforms

Dr. Aadil Nakhoda suggests that boosting exports will involve promoting SME involvement, which includes addressing bureaucratic obstacles, digitalizing trade procedures through further integration of PSW, reducing import tariffs to eliminate anti-export bias, and ensuring that currency movements align with expectations. and reduce risks.

Nov-20-2023

Experts seek auto sector revamp

Dr. Aadil Nakhoda, Assistant Professor & Research Fellow (CBER) at IBA, Karachi, suggests that boosting exports will involve promoting SME involvement, which includes addressing bureaucratic obstacles, digitalizing trade procedures through further integration of PSW, reducing import tariffs to eliminate anti-export bias, and ensuring that currency movements align with expectations. Dr. Nakhoda adds that these measures will reduce the risk of engaging in cross-border trade.

Nov-19-2023

Single Window Interoperability: where innovation meets economic diplomacy

For the uninitiated, a National Single Window(NSW) system allows traders and other economic operators to submit information to multiple government agencies through a single entry point to fulfill all import, export, and transit requirements. The concept has been driven by the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement, which came into force in February 2017.

Oct-06-2023

TDAP, SBP Hold Session on ACU for Exporters

The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) in collaboration with the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) organised an awareness session for the exporters on Thursday, aimed at facilitating their import payments and transactions through the Asian Clearing Union (ACU). The session, held at the TDAP headquarters in Karachi, was attended by more than 150 exporters from various sectors.

Nov-03-2023

Export Competitiveness in Auto Sector

The automobile sector in Pakistan is facing the brunt of the current economic crisis. The balance of payments-related challenges, which have led to not only restrictions on imports but also an economic slowdown, have hurt sales of new automobiles in the country. According to recent statistics shared by Pakwheels.com, car sales in the first quarter of the current fiscal year plunged 44%, while bus sales dived 32%.

Nov-06-2023

Enhancing Regional Trade Facilitation through National Single Window: Pakistan's Experience

PSW and the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Institute jointly organized a webinar titled, “Enhancing Regional Trade Facilitation through National Single Window: Pakistan's Experience”. The webinar highlighted the best practices, challenges, governance models, techniques, and tools that come with National Single Window Systems to streamline trade regulatory processes. Participants also studied Pakistan's experience in implementing a single window.

Nov-02-2023

Awareness Session on Cross-Border Trade Held

Pakistan Single Window and Hyderabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (HCCI) jointly organized An awareness session regarding cross-border trade in Conference Hall of the Chamber here Sunday. Senior Vice President HCCI Najam ud Din Qureshi, while welcoming the participants, said that the HCCI was working as a bridge between the government and the business community as the prosperity of the industry, trade and exports was among our top priorities.

Oct-16-2023

Sindh Excise Available to Serve at PSW

Pakistan Single Window (PSW) and the Sindh Excise, Taxation & Narcotics Control (ET&NC) Department have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) following the integration of the Sindh ET&NC Department with the PSW. Sindh ET&NC services such as collection of the Sindh Infrastructure Development Cess (SIDC), submission of applications/requests for SIDC exemption/waiver, recording of Bank Guarantees and their release thereof, can now all be availed through the PSW system.

Sep-16-2023