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| India-Pakistan |
| Pak manufactured exports stagnant for 25 years |
| 2007-06-18 |
| PakistanÂ’s market share in the worldÂ’s manufactured exports in 2005 was only 0.18 percent against IndiaÂ’s 0.95 percent and BangladeshÂ’s 0.10 percent, according to international economic consultant Dr Parvez Hasan. Quoting World Trade Organisation figures, he told the Woodrow Wilson conference on PakistanÂ’s economy on Friday that PakistanÂ’s share of world manufactured exports had shown little improvement in the last 25 years, being 0.12 percent in 1980. Dr Hasan told the conference that PakistanÂ’s total exports in 2005 were $13 billion. IndiaÂ’s total exports, however, were $69.7 billion and Bangladesh had total exports of $7.3 billion. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #8 Story if Islam and the Middle East. 7th century thought doesn't allow you to produce in the real world. Especially with half of your population in slavery. (see burkka and wives) |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2007-06-18 16:36 |
| #7 The only reason oil is up is because they can hire outsiders to come in and manage its extraction and processing. Otherwise it would be as worthless a business as rug weaving and nut harvesting. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-06-18 11:56 |
| #6 What exports except crude oil are up in muslim countries over the last 25, 250, 2,500 years? Pistachios? Rugs? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-06-18 10:45 |
| #5 But their export of jihadis have been explosive! Ba-dum-dum. Nuke'em. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-06-18 10:41 |
| #4 8 year old kids can only sew soccer balls so fast. No matter how hard you beat them. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2007-06-18 09:24 |
| #3 Stagnation, thy name is Islam. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-18 01:03 |
| #2 what about the terrorist exports and nuke design exports? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-06-18 00:24 |
| #1 They don't care. Pakistan gets $1 billion in US aid, and much more in US defense spending in that cesspool. In addition, Paki immigrants to America send as much as $6 billion a year back to their homeland toilet. And more Pakis arrive everyday. |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-06-18 00:09 |