LCCI for boosting trade between Pakistan S Africa.

LAHORE -- LCCI Vice President Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigal has stressed the need of taking measures for increasing the volume of bilateral trade between Pakistan and South Africa.

Talking to a delegation led by Chairman Pakistan Southern Africa Business Forum, Johannesburg Muhammad Rafiq Memon at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Friday, he said that South Africa could boost its exports to Pakistan by focusing items like chemicals, gold, diamonds, platinum, metals and minerals, machinery and raw material of steel products. LCCI Vice President said that besides increasing export of traditional products, like surgical equipment, rice, sports goods, Pakistan could supply engineering goods, sanitary goods, machine tools, auto-parts to South Africa.

South Africa is the main shopping centre of seven neighboring countries. Even textile products' export could increase because of greater demand in South African market.

Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigal said that there was a scope for joint...