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FPCCI team to visit Yemen in Feb

RECORDER REPORT

ISLAMABAD: A delegation of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) is scheduled to visit Yemen in February in order to explore industrial joint ventures with Yemeni businessmen and to promote bilateral trade.

The FPCCI announced it in a meeting with three-member delegation of the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, led by Abdulla Abdul Rahman Al-Mayouni, minister, who called on Mian Habibullah, former president, FPCCI and Chairman, FPCCI's Standing Committee on Diplomatic Affairs, Islamabad.

Welcoming the delegation at FPCCI, Mian Habibullah briefed them about the current trade volume between the two countries. He informed the delegation that Pakistan's major exports to Yemen during 1993-99 include textile yarn, fabrics, article of apparel, cloth accessories, surgical instruments, rice, petroleum, tobacco, pharma products and refined sugarcane, etc.

Later on, Mian Habibullah presented the FPCCI crest to Abdulla. The investment kits of Board of Investment and sectoral studies on few projects prepared by BoI were also presented to the Yemen minister.