Exhibitors keen to attend Interiors Pakistan exhibition

Pakistan Furniture Council received tremendous response from foreign and local companies to display their furniture products in the three-day mega event titled 11th Pakistan Interiors Exhibition 2019 here starting from Nov 22 to promote local furniture industry worldwide and enhancing exports.

Talking to a delegation of exhibitors here Friday, PFC Chief Executive Mian Kashif Ashfaq said the exhibition would offer a full range of furniture with extensive selections of modern and contemporary styles for dining, bedroom, living room, office, occasional, children, outdoor as well as furniture fittings and hardware," said a press release issued here today.

He said exhibitors would have an opportunity to meet new buyers for networking and market expansion.

The exhibition would also provide younger designers and architects with an opportunity to witness the market trends and display their own works alongside that of more established professionals, he added.

Citing the objectives of PFC, Mian Kashif said PFC was on a mission and wanted to educate people about the value of owning fine handcrafted furniture. "This time again, the PFC continues to expand its global footprint by welcoming visitors from different countries including China, Italy, Singapore, USA,

Australia, Japan, Philippines, the UK, Bulgaria, Denmark, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Vietnam", he said.

"We are striving for a higher degree of excellence", Mian Kashif said and added that the problem with furniture making was that it took so much labour. "The PFC is also continuing its work to develop a Pakistani presence in more countries and to act as the focal point for Pakistani furniture designers and manufacturers to enter the international market", he added.

He said Pakistan was not known globally as a furniture market which could convince international business community about innovation and quality of Pakistani products.

Meanwhile, The imports of medicinal products into the country during the first quarter of financial year ( 2019- 20) witnessed decreased of 12.11 percent as compared to the corresponding period of last year.

Pakistan imported medicinal products of worth $257.139 million during JulySeptember (2019-20) compared to the imports of $292.566 million during JulySeptember (2018-19), showing negative growth of 12.11 percent, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). In terms of quantity,Pakistan imported 6,544 metric tons of medicinal products during the period under review as compared to the imports of 5,985 metric tons during corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 9.34 percent in term of quantity.