Commercial Importers suffer from financial crisis.

KARACHI -- Amin Yusuf Balgamwala, chairman, Pakistan Chemicals and Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA) and former director, Karachi Stock Exchange, said Friday that commercial importers are facing a severe financial crisis due to lockdown and the closure of trade and industry.

"After the lockdown period, import of goods including raw material will not be able to be restored, which could cause industries to suffer shortages of raw materials, so commercial importers will be given loans with easy terms for a year," he demanded.

Chairman PCDMA said that coronavirus epidemic had affected not only people but trade and industry also very badly, while business is on the verge of collapse, which is why business community, especially commercial importers are facing financial crisis.

Chairman PCDMA pointed out importers' payments are trapped and it seems difficult for them to maintain their survival, so Govt provide credit facilities to commercial importers like Export Refinance, as exporters cannot operate without importers.

Balgamwala called on the government to provide loans to commercial importers on easy terms and issue directive banks to make immediate payments...

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