Tea smuggling from Afghanistan deprives govt of Rs 152m revenue By Romail Kenneth KARACHI: The government is annually losing Rs 152 million in revenue due to tea smuggling through Afghanistan‚ sources in the tea trade said. Pakistan has a 170 million kg tea market. About 40 million kg of tea is smuggled into the country through Afghanistan under the garb of Afghan Transit Trade. Sources said price of one kg bag of the imported tea is $2 while same quantity of smuggled tea is sold at a
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Compiled By: Mirza Rohail B http://economicpakistan.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/textile-industry/ Historically‚ Pakistan’s textile industry and clothing sector has always been a major contributor to the foreign exchange earner and still contributes about 55% to the total export proceeds. The Economist reports that Pakistan is the 4th largest producer of cotton in the world and the 6th largest importer of raw cotton‚ the 3rd largest consumer of cotton‚ and the 1st largest exporter of cotton
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(II) RICE INDUSTRY According to UN’s ITSY ‚ rice is the second largest commodity exported out of Pakistan where the food‚ beverages‚ and tobacco (HS 2002 sections 0+1)‚ of which it is a part‚ accounted for 16.8% of Pakistan’s total exported goods in 2008 (ITSY‚ 2008). In the same year‚ UK imported $56‚207.0 million worth of food‚ beverages‚ and tobacco with an average share of 8.9% of total imports. Rice falls in division 10 according to HS 2002 (Appendix A13) and 04 under SITC rev.3 under cereals
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since the first gas powered vehicle was prototyped in 1886 by Karl Benz‚ the automobile has been revolutionizing and transforming into bigger and better things. Automobiles have transformed from the clunky build and gas guzzling engine to sports cars and very efficient engines that can get up to 40 miles per gallon. A new type of technology has developed over the recent years and can possibly change the automobile industry for good: electric-driven vehicles. The start of the electric-driven vehicle
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ABSTRACT This paper is about the telecommunication industry of Pakistan. The paper will explain the reasons why Mobilink is the fastest growing telecommunication company of Pakistan. The paper evaluates mission‚ vision statement of Mobilink and the target audience of Mobilink i.e. different products like Mobilink indigo‚ Jazz Octane and Jazz Jazba etc. The paper will explain the geographic and psychographic segmentation of Mobilink according to its different products. This paper includes
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1. AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY – INTRODUCTION 1.1 EVOLUTION OF AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY: The evolution of the automotive industry has been influenced by various innovations in fuels‚ vehicle components‚ societal infrastructure‚ and manufacturing practices‚ as well as changes in markets‚ suppliers and business structures. Some historians cite examples as early as the year 1600 of sail-mounted carriages as the first vehicles to be propelled by something other than animals or humans. However‚ it is believed by
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forces in business -- operations‚ strategies‚ structures‚ ownership‚ and performance. These forces cut across many industries to force changes that‚ in turn‚ have had significant economic and social impacts in rural communities. Structurally‚ the emerging lithium-ion battery technology industry is uncharacteristic of typical agricultural processing. The lithium-ion battery technology industry grows out of its developmental stage into a more embedded role. The ability of traditional firms to achieve competitive
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(re)configurations‚ among others Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing systems have attracted the attention of industries all over the world. The perceptible impact of JIT lies in attaining productivity and quality standards. The real challenge before Indian managers is to establish priorities among potential JIT techniques to achieve best possible advantage of JIT implementation in Indian industries.. With the variety of products on offer increasing with customization and evolving customer needs‚ it is
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HISTORY & INTRODUCTION In 1947‚ Pakistan inherited 4 cement plants having total installed capacity of 0.5 million tons. Over the next 20 years‚ five cement units were established with aggregate production capacity of 3.2 million tons. Among these units Zeal Pak and Javedan were established in Sindh in the public sector. Maple Leaf‚ Gharibwal and Mustehkam were established in the province of Punjab. In 1972‚ the cement industry was nationalized which stopped further addition to capacity until 1977
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PAKISTAN CEMENT INDUSTRY Sr No. | Company Name | Clinker ProductionCapacity(TPD) | No. of Kilns | Year of Commissioning | Main Plant Supplier | 1 | Askari Cement Ltd - Wah Askari Cement – Nizampur (Line 1) (Line 2) | 350020003000 | 111 | 199719962003 | F.L. Smidth & Co. Denmark TCDRI‚ CBMC. ChinaTCDRI‚ CBMC. China | 2 | Fauji Cement Company Ltd (Line 1)
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