Government urged to exempt export industry from load shedding

The textile export consignments might be late as the exporters face unscheduled irregular breakdowns and heavy load shedding of electricity and gas supply disruption, said Chairman Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) Mian Zahid Aslam. He said not only the manufacturing schedules and commitment with foreign buyers are disrupted, but the cost of manufacturing export goods also escalated due to working hours shift disruptions.

The cloth woven on powerloom which normally costs Rs. 9 per meter goes up to Rs. 12 per meter as the length and quantity required takes more time and there are more fabric defects due to stopage of the loom during normal weaving time. Similarly, in case of dyeing and printing process, the breakdown in supply of gas and electricity, sometimes leads to colour and shade mismatching and variation.