RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: The Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) delegation Wednesday left for Turkey on a three-day visit to further explore new investment avenues by sharing their vision, expertise for evolving future policies, economic studies and project-specific reports.

Talking to media at airport prior to his departure, PFC Chief Mian Kashif Ashfaq who is leading the delegation said that they would have an in-depth discussion with their counterparts in Turkey.

He said that bilateral trade between Pakistan and Turkey had declined during the last few years and emphasized the need to enhance it. Therefore, he stressed the need for joint ventures for enhancing bilateral trade and said soon there would be improvement in that regard.

The PFC is focusing on marketing activities in key foreign markets mainly United States, Japan, European Union, and the Gulf region. He said Turkey can provide huge opportunities to Pakistani exporters to market their products including handmade furniture in European markets in collaboration with Turkish companies.

Regarding furniture, he said that Turkish firms are manufacturing costly and high quality machine-made furniture for the European consumers.