LAHORE: Pakistani entrepreneurs should ensure their participation in the international trade fairs and exhibitions like 24th Turkey World Trade Bridge 2015 to get awareness about the day-by-day changing global trends. It would not only enable them to expand their own businesses but would also strengthen the Pakistan’s external trade.
This was upshot of the speeches delivered at a seminar on ”24th Turkey – World Trade Bridge 2015” jointly organized by the LCCI and Pak Turk Businessmen Association here at the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry on Tuesday.
The LCCI President Sheikh Muhammad Arshad, Director Pak Turk Businessmen Association (PTBA) Mehmet Kirtas, Secretary General PTBA Aslam Bhatti and former LCCI President Bashir A. Baksh were the key speakers amongst the other experts.
The LCCI President Sheikh Muhammad Arshad said that Pakistani businessmen should avail all available opportunities to the maximum. He said that Turkey is not only a gateway to Europe but also one of the fastest growing economies therefore it offers a lot to Pakistani businessmen interested to enter EU market.
“It would increase Pakistani business community liaison with their global counterparts besides giving them an access to unexplored and untapped business destinations of the world”, Sheikh Muhammad Arshad added.
The LCCI president said that it goes without saying that for the members of Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, this exhibition can provide great opportunity to interact with Turkish businessmen. The location of the Trade Bridge 2015 has significant value in terms of being so near to Europe. It is expected that private sector representatives of many European countries will be participating in this event, so in a way, it can be a great venue to have direct interaction with them. He said that the LCCI members will be encouraged to consider this opportunity.
The LCCI President said that although the requirements to obtain visa for Turkey are not easy but the joint recommendation to Turkish Embassy in Islamabad by LCCI and Pak-Turk Businessmen Association (PTBA) would help address this to a great extent.
Sheikh Muhammad Arshad said that both the importers and exporters should avail this opportunity to enhance their businesses. It would particularly be helping the businessmen dealing in Food, Agriculture, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, and Related Machinery.
He said that TWTB 2015 is a golden opportunity for Pakistani businessmen because it would enable them to interact with their counterparts in Europe, Africa, Britain, Central Asia and SAARC countries.
The LCCI President said that it is of special significance to Pakistani businessmen in the sense that they would not be charged for participating in the exhibition while all other exhibitors including Turkish businessmen would have to pay 1000 Euros per stall per company.
Director Pak Turk Businessmen Association (PTBA) Mehmet Kirtas revealed that Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists of Turkiye (TUSKON) is organizing a new track of its world famous series of international business summit, Turkiye World Trade Bridge, on December 2 and 3 in Istanbul.
He said that TUSKON’s World Trade Bridge series have gained a wide recognition in international business circles since the first trade bridge program in 2006. Similar to the previous sector specific programs, Turkiye World Trade Bridge 2015 (TWTB 2015) will have a sectorial focus as well and it will cover sectors of Ready Wear, Textile, Leather, Home Textile and related machinery.
TWTB 2015 possesses the most essential characteristics of trade bridge concept such as product exhibition, B2B meetings, historical and cultural tour of Istanbul, factory and company visits and optional trips to different parts of Turkey.
The Secretary General Pak-Turk Businessmen Association said Aslam Bhatti said that it would also be providing Pakistani businessmen a chance to exhibit their products to the whole world under one roof. The TWTB 2015 has been designed in a way that it would benefit the exhibitors to the maximum.
“They would not only be creating new buyers but would also be getting a lot of knowledge about the technology being used in the developed world