巴基斯坦：原棉进口关税上调惹恼APTMA

 

Raw cotton import duty hike riles Aptma

Pakistan's textile industry is finding it difficult to operate in the country after the government increased the import duty on raw cotton, the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has said.
The Aptma's reaction came after government recently increased the duty on import of raw cotton from two per cent to three per cent with additional duty of one per cent, making total import duty of four per cent.
“It is not possible for the textile industry to continue to operate in these conditions and contribute to higher exports and provision of yarn to the domestic downstream, if they are made to pay such exorbitant amount of duty on its basic raw material,” Aptma chairman Tariq Saud said in a statement.
Saud said the duty hike has come at a time when the textile industry is reeling from the effects of a crop failure, as the production of cotton in the year 2015/16 declined by almost 35 per cent.
“Furthermore, cultivation of cotton this year is expected to decline by approximately 25 percent, which will ultimately create shortage of cotton to the spinning industry, compelling them to import the commodity at four per cent Customs duty,” according to the statement.

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巴基斯坦：原棉进口关税上调惹恼APTMA

在政府增加了原棉的进口关税后，巴基斯坦的纺织行业后发现很难在该国运营,巴基斯坦纺织厂协会(Aptma)说。

APTMA的反应是在政府最近将原棉的进口关税从2%增加到3%，并加了1%的额外税，总的进口税变为4%之后。

“在这样的条件下，纺织业是不可能继续生存的, 如果他们要为基本原料支付如此高昂的关税，这将导致出口价格更高和为国内下游提供纱线的规定,”Aptma主席Tariq Saud在一份声明中说。

Saud表示关税上涨恰恰是在纺织业由于作物歉收受到影响之时，2015-2016年度棉花产量下降了近35%。

“此外,今年棉花种植预计将下降约25%,,最终会导致纺纱行业缺乏棉花,迫使他们以4%的关税进口商品，”根据声明。