{"id":68418,"date":"2020-07-24T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=68418"},"modified":"2020-07-23T17:42:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T12:42:48","slug":"govt-pursue-look-africa-policy-explore-new-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-pursue-look-africa-policy-explore-new-markets.html","title":{"rendered":"Govt to pursue &#8216;Look Africa&#8217; policy to explore new markets, enhance exports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rawalpindi: Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood on Wednesday announced the government\u2019s decision to pursue a \u2018Look Africa\u2019 policy in order to explore new markets and enhance exports, a news source reported. He was speaking at the Virtual International Trade Forum organised by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pbc-govt-look-collaborate-boosting-exports-local-brands.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBC, govt look to collaborate for boosting exports of local brands<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that the government was facilitating exports by reducing regulatory duties, customs duty and tariffs on a number of products with a view to boost trade with African countries. He added that Pakistan had initiated the export of microwave ovens and refrigerators to a number of countries in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that even while the decline in exports for other countries has been in double digits, Pakistan\u2019s exports have only been reduced by 6%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-avail-trade-opportunities-explore-markets-post-covid-19-dawood.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt to avail trade opportunities, explore new markets post-COVID-19: Dawood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary Ali Javed, speaking on the occasion, also revealed that Pakistan had improved its ranking in business facilitation under the government\u2019s ease-of-doing-business initiative (EODB). He also emphasised the need for improving Pakistan\u2019s image and enhancing new sectors and products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rawalpindi: Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood on Wednesday announced the government\u2019s decision to pursue a \u2018Look Africa\u2019 policy in order to explore new markets and enhance exports, a news source reported. He was speaking at the Virtual International Trade Forum organised by the Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI). Read: PBC, govt look to collaborate for boosting exports of local brands He stated that the government was facilitating exports by reducing regulatory duties, customs duty and tariffs on a number of products with a view to boost trade with African countries. He added that Pakistan had initiated the export of microwave ovens and refrigerators to a number of countries in Africa. He said that even while the decline in exports for other countries has been in double digits, Pakistan\u2019s exports have only been reduced by 6%. Read: Govt to avail trade opportunities, explore new markets post-COVID-19: Dawood Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary Ali Javed, speaking on the occasion, also revealed that Pakistan had improved its ranking in business facilitation under the government\u2019s ease-of-doing-business initiative (EODB). He also emphasised the need for improving Pakistan\u2019s image and enhancing new sectors and products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":63188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[35476,7327,35477,35474],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-68418","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-enhance-exports","9":"tag-exports","10":"tag-govt-to-pursue-look-africa-policy-to-explore-new-markets-2","11":"tag-look-africa-policy","12":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt to pursue &#039;Look Africa&#039; policy to explore new markets - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rawalpindi: Advisor to the Prime Minister (PM) on Commerce Abdul Razak Dawood on Wednesday announced the government\u2019s decision to pursue a \u2018Look Africa\u2019 policy in order to explore new markets and enhance exports, a news source reported.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-pursue-look-africa-policy-explore-new-markets.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to pursue &#039;Look Africa&#039; 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