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Pakistan textile industry losing technological edge
14 Jun '12
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further observed that the apparel industry utilizes much less power compared to spinning and weaving industries, but the power load-shedding burden borne by this industry is same as that faced by large scale textile enterprises.
According to Mr. Khurram, Pakistan is losing its textile technological edge to regional competitors, who are quite actively investing in state-of-the-art electronic flat knitting machinery, with China adding 54,800 electronic flat knitting machines in 2011, Bangladesh 4,475, Hong Kong 2,930, Turkey 2,150, and Italy 1,120.
He said that according to ITMF data, though there was a 37 percent rise in sales of electronic flat knitting machines in 2011, Pakistan did not purchase even a single of those machines.
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