PTA requests help for exporters

22/09/2010
The chairman of the Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA) has urged the government not to impose export duties on leather sector goods.

He said in a statement that exports of leathergoods declined by 10% during the fiscal year that ended on June 30 2010 compared to the year before. The situation is likely to become even more difficult because of raw material shortages and the lack of visits to Pakistan, devastated by floods in recent months, from overseas buyers.