ISLAMABAD, March 8: Pakistan has slapped minimum export price restrictions on 25 surgical products apparently to regulate the widespread under-invoicing in the sector, a senior official in the commerce ministry told Dawn on Tuesday.
The decision is expected to help Pakistani exporters get better unit prices for their exports of surgical, dental, medical, beauty care and like instruments. Also it would lead to an increase in value of total export proceeds from the sector.
The export of the surgical instruments remains stagnant for the past few years owing to tough competition from Chinese and Indian products in the international market.
Statistics showed that export of surgical goods and medical instruments witnessed a paltry growth of 1.01 per cent as it stood at $139.363 million in the first seven months of the current fiscal year as against $137.969 million over the corresponding period of last year.
To kick up exports from the sector, the officer said it was decided in consultation with Pakistan Surgical Association to fix minimum export price that would lead to higher value for exportable products from the country.
As per decision, the government has fixed minimum export price (MEP) at $0.45 for export of adson dressing forceps 4”, and adson tissue forceps 1*1 4 ¾; $1.50 on allis tissue forceps 6” 4:5 teeth; $0.35 on b.p handle number 3 and 4”; $1.50 on barber scissors 7 ½”; $0.75 on college tweezer 6”; $0.50 on dressing forceps 4 ½” to 5 ½” and dressing forceps; $0.55 on dressing scissor 4 ½” S/B-B/B.
An MEP of $0.70 was fixed for export of dressing scissor 5 ¼” S/B-B/B; $0.50 on Iris Scissors 4 ½”; $0.75 on Kelly/crile/Rochester Pean/Artery Forceps 5 ¼” and lister bandage scissors 5; $1.25 lister bandage scissors 7 ½”; $1 on mayo hegar needle holders 5”-6”; $0.85 on mayo scissors; $0.50 on nail cuticle, embroidery, manicure medium and all scissors 3 ½ to 4”; $0.60 on probes and explorers, scalers/filing instruments, excavator.
And minimum export price at the rate of $2.50 fixed on export of spectrum grave large cusco medium small; $2 on sponge holding forceps 7”; $2.50 on sponge holding forceps 9 ½” forceps / ram play/ Bozeman uterine / dressing / teneculm; $0.65 on stitch scissors 4 ½”; $3.5 on tooth extraction forceps S/Joint, B/Joint; $0.90 on towel clamp 3 ½” to 5 ¼” and $1.5 on Webster needle holders 5” to 6” Baumgartner needle holder 5/1/2.
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