{"id":69202,"date":"2020-08-13T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T04:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=69202"},"modified":"2020-08-12T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T12:52:03","slug":"experts-call-govt-take-measures-boost-textile-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/experts-call-govt-take-measures-boost-textile-industry.html","title":{"rendered":"Experts call on govt to take measures to boost textile industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: World Bank (WB) Programme Lead Public Sector Specialist Clelia Rontoyanni, while addressing a consultative dialogue session titled &#8216;Textile Sector\u2019s Competitiveness amid COVID-19&#8217; on Tuesday, suggested that the government and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) could take a number of measures to boost the textile sector, a news source reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/president-alvi-seeks-ntus-help-improve-textile-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">President Alvi seeks NTU\u2019s help to improve textile sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rontoyanni also highlighted various aspects of support for competitiveness in the textile businesses. She pointed out several measures already taken by the government like reduction in sales taxes, custom duty and making it easier to file taxes \u2013 all of which have helped the sector improve its competitiveness despite the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/textile-exporters-call-restoration-zero-rated-tax-regime.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Textile exporters call for restoration of zero-rated tax regime<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She revealed that two-thirds of the inputs for the manufacturing sector are imports, which is why the tariffs should be lowered. Other speakers at the dialogue also spoke of similar measures needed to enhance the competitivity of the textile businesses and boost its exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: World Bank (WB) Programme Lead Public Sector Specialist Clelia Rontoyanni, while addressing a consultative dialogue session titled &#8216;Textile Sector\u2019s Competitiveness amid COVID-19&#8217; on Tuesday, suggested that the government and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) could take a number of measures to boost the textile sector, a news source reported. Read: President Alvi seeks NTU\u2019s help to improve textile sector Rontoyanni also highlighted various aspects of support for competitiveness in the textile businesses. She pointed out several measures already taken by the government like reduction in sales taxes, custom duty and making it easier to file taxes \u2013 all of which have helped the sector improve its competitiveness despite the coronavirus pandemic. Read: Textile exporters call for restoration of zero-rated tax regime She revealed that two-thirds of the inputs for the manufacturing sector are imports, which is why the tariffs should be lowered. Other speakers at the dialogue also spoke of similar measures needed to enhance the competitivity of the textile businesses and boost its exports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":66133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15015],"tags":[36887,36886,7200],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69202","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal-taxation","8":"tag-experts-call-on-govt-to-take-measures-to-boost-textile-industry","9":"tag-taxation-measures","10":"tag-textile-industry","11":"cat-15015-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Experts call on govt to take measures for textile industry - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: World Bank (WB) Programme Lead Public Sector Specialist Clelia Rontoyanni, while addressing a consultative dialogue session titled &#039;Textile Sector\u2019s Competitiveness amid COVID-19&#039; 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