The Furniture Sector in Pakistan: Export performance and ... - TRTA i

Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
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Executive summary 1
Findings 1
Recommendations 2
Conclusions 4
1 Background and objectives 5
1.1 EC TRTA Programme for Pakistan 5
1.2 Five sector studies 5
1.3 Methodology 6
2 Furniture sector in Pakistan 7
2.1 The sector in general 7
2.2 An overview of existing studies, strategies and policy papers 37
2.3 SWOT analysis of Pakistani furniture companies 43
2.4 Furniture association and its role in services 45
2.5 Case stories on data collection 46
3 Implications of WTO Agreements 50
3.1 Background 50
3.2 Information on the WTO issues 53
3.3 Implications of the WTO Trade Agreements 58
3.4 Trade conditions of the Pakistani furniture sector 70
4 Obstacles and shortcomings to export 76
4.1 Obstacles and shortcomings – exporters’ opinions 76
4.2 Obstacles and shortcomings – importers’ opinions 79
5 Export services in Pakistan 87
5.1 Export service providers 87
5.2 Export services as they actually are – expressed views 91
5.3 Export services as they should be – expressed views 92
5.4 Other export services – Malaysia as example 92
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