Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PHMEA) have welcomed the initiatives recently announced in the Textile Policy 2009-2014. In the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the association, on, PHMEA Chairman, Zia-ur-Rehman Chaudhry said the policy initiatives would help the apparel export sector to overcome its difficulties, if the security situation improves in the country, the textile sector could easily surpass the export target of $25 billion.

Knitwear exporters expressed their determination to pull the country out of difficulties, and stressed that the industrial atmosphere, for this purpose, needed to be improved by effective planning, good governance and regular supply of energy. They also demanded that the government should intensify diplomatic efforts at the highest level for duty free access for textile products in the markets of the US and the European Union.