LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Wednesday launched the “LCCI Classified Directory of Trade and Industry” which ha as vast range of business data.
The LCCI President Malik Tahir Javaid launched the directory along with Senior Vice President Khawaja Khawar Rasheed and Vice President Zeshan Khalil.
LCCI Classified Directory of Trade and Industry has the data of 3837 manufacturers, 3889 exporters, 6860 importers, 3245 traders, 44 indenting agents and 5282 from services sector. The directory has 72 leading business sectors which have been divided into 473 sub categories. The directory will prove an essential reference for every firm having business interests.
The LCCI President Malik Tahir Javaid said that the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry is the only Chamber in the country that is regularly publishing the sector-specific directories for its members. He said that the LCCI Classified Directory of Trade and Industry has been designed to help business entrepreneurs to know about the businesses. This new directory will enable the businessmen community to be more involved with the economic development activities.
Malik Tahir Javaid said that Pakistan is a developing economy with abundant potential to attain faster industrial growth. However, sustainable industrial and economic growth depends on comprehensive business data as it plays a significant role in boosting the global economy and drives the manufacturing revolution.
The LCCI President said that being an emerging economy, Pakistan needs to use all tools to disseminate information to the world about the business sectors to ensure more collaborations between the Pakistani businessmen and their counterparts abroad.