China Visit: Furniture-makers sign MoUs

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Furniture Council (PFC) on Monday inked three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Chinese companies for consultations in the furniture sector, the transfer of modern technology and machinery, and forming joint ventures to establish Pakistan-made world-class traditional furniture outlets in China and other countries.

In a statement received from Shanghai, PFC Chief Executive Mian Kashif Ashfaq, while commenting on the MoUs, stressed that the purpose of signing the agreements was to enhance collaboration in order to design fabulous furniture and compete in the international market by making them cost and quality-efficient and pave the way for improved trade between business communities of the two countries. A high-level PFC delegation was on a visit to China along with the prime minister’s entourage.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 6^th, 2018.

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