Amazon great opportunity for Pakistan economy, exports: SMEDA.

LAHORE -- Pakistan's participation on Amazon, an online shopping hub, has created a room for producing one million new jobs in e-commerce sector and adding exports of worth one billion dollar.

Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Chief Executive Officer Hashim Raza stated this while talking to media here Monday.

He added that recent approval obtained by the Ministry of Commerce for Pakistan to be a seller on Amazon has opened up a new arena of business opportunities for local SMEs.

"We have developed an emergent program for preparing our SMEs to take the fullest advantage from new opportunities offered by Amazon, " he said and asserted that a series of training programs in collaboration with E-Commerce leading experts and institutions were going to be held across the country so that the SMEs can be made aware of Amazon's procedures and requirements.

Under the program, SMEs would also be trained to improve quality and packaging of their products as per standards of Amazon. First training program of this series was going to be held on June 14, 2021 as a webinar...