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OVERSEAS
Fix this textTRADING
Fix this textVol. 6.
Fix this textJUNE 15, 1954.
Fix this textNo. 6.
Fix this textPUBLISHED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE
Fix this textMain Contents:
Fix this textCommerce News 7
Fix this textMiddle East Trade 9
Fix this textGeneral Overseas News I I
Fix this textCommodity Notes 13
Fix this textExporters Wanted 16
Fix this textRegistered in Australia for trans-
Fix this textmission by Post as a Periodical.
Fix this textEXPORT TRADE WITH PAKISTAN
Fix this textLAHORE. WHICH IS PAKISTAN’S LEADING CULTURAL CENTRE, IS ALSO A DENSELY POPULATED COMMERCIAL CITY.
Fix this textFor the immediate future, the prospects for Aus-
Fix this texttralian exports to Pakistan are mainly in essential
Fix this textconsumer goods, raw materials and capital goods,
Fix this textaccording to this survey hy the Acting Australian
Fix this textTrade Commissioner in Karachi, Mr. E. E. Jarvis.
Fix this textThe most important factor in the situation is
Fix this textPakistan’s import control policy. Nearly 70 per cent,
Fix this textof the foreign exchange available is allocated to
Fix this textlicences for industrial imports such as machinery,
Fix this textspare parts and raw materials. Most of the balance
Fix this textis used for essential consumer goods, with a minute
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Fix this textImports of consumer goods are restricted severely,
Fix this textand only the barest essentials, e.g., drugs and medi-
Fix this textcines and cotton cloth, are licensed in any quantity.
Fix this textThe consumer goods market is therefore becoming
Fix this textexhausted of stocks imported over a year ago and,
Fix this textwhen the country is able to finance such imports, the
Fix this textdemand will be very strong.
Fix this textIt cannot be over-emphasised that, in such a re-
Fix this textstricted market, prices and quality must be com-
Fix this textpetitive, price being particularly important. The
Fix this textgreater frequency of shipping available to European
Fix this textand American suppliers tends to give them some
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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