Pakistan's Textile Group Eyeing Surat

08-Dec-2013

The Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (SGefforts to establish a strong business tie in the field of textiles with Pakistan seem to have paid off.



For the first time, Pakistan's largest textile manufacturing company Gul Ahmed is participating with its range of fashion products for women, including bed sheets, comforters, multi-needle quilts, decorative pillows, window hangings, table and kitchen linen in the three-day 'Fibre to Fashion' event inaugurated at Surat International Exhibition and Convention Centre (SIECC) on Saturday.



Since its inception in 1953, Gul Ahmed has been a trend-setter in Pakistani textile industry and has serviced a diverse range of customers across the globe.



Gul Ahmed is a vertical textile mill with state-of-the-art spinning, weaving, yarn-dyeing, piece-dyeing, printing (pigment and reactive on rotary as well as flat bed), stitching, embroidery and quilting facilities.



For the first time in the history of Indian synthetic and rayon textile export, Pakistan has emerged as the leading market for fabrics and filament yarn surpassing the United States and Saudi Arabia.



As per the latest figures available from the textile ministry, man-made fabric and yarn export to Pakistan has increased by 25 per cent in 2012-13 at Rs 21 crore compared to Rs 16 crore in the previous year.



Thanks to deeper business tie between traders in Karachi and Surat, around 60 per cent of contribution in the export to Pakistan has come from the country's biggest man-made fibre (MMF) industry in Surat. Surti traders exported dress materials, saris, and fabrics worth Rs 11 crore to Karachi, Peshawar and Lahore.



Senior manager (sales), Gul Ahmed, Rehan Khan told TOI, "Surat is a virgin market for us and we are scouting for joint ventures at the retail level to market our products here. We are also working out a strategy to source man-made fabrics from here for our home and fashion textiles. This is the beginning of our successful partnership with SGCCI and the textile industry here."



SGCCI president Kamlesh Yagnik said, "Gul Ahmed is the largest textile group in Pakistan and we are looking forward to forging cordial business tie with it. We are hoping that in the next fibre to fashion event more and more Pakistani companies would take part. This way would help foster textile business between both the countries."

Source:- timesofindia.indiatimes.com