UNISAME urges Prime Minister to Take Immediate Measures Against Inflation - Press Release issued by Union of Small and Medium Enterprises.

Karachi -- November 17, 2022 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME)

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The Union of Small and Medium Enterprises (UNISAME) expressed serious concern at the hyper inflation and urged the prime minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif and his coalition government to puncture it in good time as enterprises have become unprofitable and the common man's condition has become miserable in the face of daily increases in prices of essential items like food, clothing, medicine and medical care making survival difficult.

President UNISAME Zulfikar Thaver expressed serious concern and said the industries both big and small have lost their feasibility due to increase in the prices of inputs and increase in cost of production due to depreciation of rupee. The import of raw material is become expensive, the transportation of goods is become costly and likewise the running expenses have shown a sharp increase.

He said mere increase in discount rate will not be able to curb inflation and measures are needed to control the hyper inflation due to which the buying power of the customer has reduced and only bare essential items are being purchased by the common man. This is reflected in the sales of the units and the SME outlets are sitting hand in hand.

The government needs to impose foreign exchange regulations, control the transfer of funds, check smuggling, hoarding and discourage imports of goods which are manufactured in Pakistan. Declare austerity, reduce its own expenses and announce energy saving and simplicity in life style.

On the other hand, the government needs to promote productivity, exports, value addition, set up import substitution industries and promote alternate energy systems. The import duty on raw material needs to be reduced to lower cost of production...

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