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Pakistan’s jute industry fulfills all basic raw material requirements importing from a single country, Bangladesh which has allowed export of 11,000 tons of jute to Pakistan, orders booked before exports were banned in November 2015.

Shortage may still occur as Islamabad has not taken up the matter with Dhaka to get the issue resolved immediately, said a local industry official.

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The Pakistan jute industry is looking for government support in technical infrastructure for industry along with guidance and long term policy support for jute cultivation to substitute import of raw material, exports of jute products after value addition which can earn handsome amount of foreign exchange for the country, which currently stands at around $14 million according to Saqlain Akhtar, Senior Vice President of Pakistan Jute Mills Association (PJMA).