Abstract
The post quota regime brought a revolutionary change in the knitwear
export promotion in various countries, such as China, India, Bangladesh
and Cambodia, but at the same time some countries like Pakistan faced a
serious problem i.e. survival in this regime. This study tries to focus on the
issues enhancing this problem and finds the policy to raise Pakistan’s share
in international knitwear market. With the help of knitwear export data of
1995 to 2007, this research analyzes the trend of knitwear exports of
Pakistan. The primary survey finds the basic problems faced by knitwear
industry of Pakistan. This study finds that the government policy plays a
major role in creating challenges for knitwear industry of Pakistan. Quality
issues of international buyers, lack of innovations in knitwear products as
well as energy crises in the form of high fuel prices, electricity shortage
increase of the cost of production of knitwear units lead to international
price challenge for this industry.
Key words: Knitwear Industry, Government Policy, Quality, Energy Crises
JEL Classification: D21, E31, F14, L15
Dr. Qais Aslam, Kanwal Zahra, Ather Azim Khan. (2009) Problems of Knitwear Industry of Pakistan, Paradigms , Vol 3, Issue 1 .
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