ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood has said the federal government has allowed the export of textile masks.
In a series of tweets on Thursday, Dawood said the export of masks would not apply to surgical and N95 masks.
“Pleased to announce the approval of the export of textile masks. Attached is a copy of the clarification sent by the Ministry of Health to the FBR. Please note that this doesn’t apply to surgical and N95 masks”, he said in one of the tweets.
He asked the exporters in another tweet to contact the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) or the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) in case of any inconvenience.
Dawood said the west is slowly opening up and there are trickles of orders coming in. “These orders are in different segments to where we were prior to the coronavirus,” he added.
Urging the exporters to rise to take full advantage of the situation, the advisor tweeted, “I’m appealing to our textile industry to take full advantage of these new opportunities to enter new segments and new geography. The government will support you completely.”
It must be noted that the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) last week had allowed the export of hand sanitisers and textile masks.
On January 31, a ban was imposed on the export of face masks and hand gloves as “a first precautionary measure” and to ensure availability of “sufficient basic first aid material” due to the coronavirus pandemic.
