{"id":62131,"date":"2020-03-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=62131"},"modified":"2020-02-28T18:23:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T13:23:48","slug":"annual-fixation-gas-power-tariffs-sought-export-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/annual-fixation-gas-power-tariffs-sought-export-sector.html","title":{"rendered":"Annual fixation of gas, power tariffs sought for export sector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore:  The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry (FPCCI) President Mian Anjum Nisar has sought the annual fixation of gas and power tariffs for the country\u2019s export sector , a news source reported. He has specifically asked the government to prioritise the said sector for this purpose; as its vendors have to make commitments to their buyers six months in advance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fpcci-urges-sbp-develop-mechanism-facilitate-direct-paypal-access.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FPCCI urges SBP to develop mechanism to facilitate direct PayPal access (opens in a new tab)\">FPCCI urges SBP to develop mechanism to facilitate direct PayPal access<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nisar remarked that the frequent changes in local gas and power tariffs disrupted the entire planning of the exporters. In a meeting with the Chairman of Pakistan Apparel Forum, and others, he proposed to set the power tariff at 7.5 cents\/kwh (including all charges) and RLNG at USD 6.5\/MMBTU across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/zero-rating-facility-discontinued-export-oriented-sectors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Zero-rating facility discontinued for export-oriented sectors (opens in a new tab)\">Zero-rating facility discontinued for export-oriented sectors<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FPCCI president stated that the notification for these tariffs had come through but it did not include the time period. He said that it should be turned to a three-year period \u2013 as per agreement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-hoping-sbp-reduces-interest-rate-boost-economy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"PM hopes for reduced interest rates to boost economy (opens in a new tab)\">PM hopes for reduced interest rates to boost economy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that the Oil &amp; Gas Regulation Authority\n(OGRA) had separated the zero-rated industry from the general industry for gas\ntariff \u2013 but National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) had not done\nthe same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nisar further urged the government to restore the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/restoration-zero-rating-status-export-sector-denied.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"zero-rating (opens in a new tab)\">zero-rating<\/a> and no-payment-no-refund regime for the export sector \u2013 as per its commitment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry (FPCCI) President Mian Anjum Nisar has sought the annual fixation of gas and power tariffs for the country\u2019s export sector , a news source reported. He has specifically asked the government to prioritise the said sector for this purpose; as its vendors have to make commitments to their buyers six months in advance. Read: FPCCI urges SBP to develop mechanism to facilitate direct PayPal access Nisar remarked that the frequent changes in local gas and power tariffs disrupted the entire planning of the exporters. In a meeting with the Chairman of Pakistan Apparel Forum, and others, he proposed to set the power tariff at 7.5 cents\/kwh (including all charges) and RLNG at USD 6.5\/MMBTU across the country. Read: Zero-rating facility discontinued for export-oriented sectors The FPCCI president stated that the notification for these tariffs had come through but it did not include the time period. He said that it should be turned to a three-year period \u2013 as per agreement. Read: PM hopes for reduced interest rates to boost economy He also noted that the Oil &amp; Gas Regulation Authority (OGRA) had separated the zero-rated industry from the general industry&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":62138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012],"tags":[21502,7623,21504,21505,21503],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"tag-details-on-annual-fixation-of-gas","9":"tag-export","10":"tag-gas-tariff","11":"tag-power-tariff","12":"tag-power-tariffs-sought-for-export-sector","13":"cat-15012-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Annual fixation of gas, power tariffs sought for export sector - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce &amp; 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