全巴纺织制造商联盟要求免除天然气中断

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APTMA demands exemption from gas-shedding
Lahore—Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Mohsin Aziz said that textile industry should be exempted from gas load shedding in the larger interest of national economy.
Reacting to the Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) decision of continuing with three days a week gas curtailment for textile industry, Chairman APTMA said gas curtailment for textile industry is already inhibiting its export target and growth potential.
According to him, the textile industry has employed 15 million workers and it had achieved exports of $14 billion during 2010-11 and it is intending to take it to $20 billion during current fiscal year.
Mohsin said 80 percent of textile industry is dependent on gas-based Captive Power Plants. He said the country needs an immediate push to exports in a situation where trade deficit has crossed over 30 percent.
This trade deficit could only be overcome through increase in textile exports. Chairman APTMA said the textile industry is already facing financial crunch, leading to bankruptcies in the industry.
A gas load shedding for three days for textile industry is fatal to the growth of industry as well as exports from the country, he added. Mohsin said the textile industry has already been deprived of gas for 120 days during the ongoing calendar year. He said the ECC should review its decision and announce exemption from gas load shedding for textile industry without delay.
If it is not possible immediately, he added, then the government should reduce gas load shedding for textile industry from three days to two days a week to strengthen its potential of achieving the target of $20 billion exports and keep the jobs of 15 million employees intact in the country.—Agencies
Source: Pakistan Observer
译文如下：
全巴纺织制造商联盟要求免除天然气中断
拉合尔市---全巴纺织制造商联盟主席Mohsin Aziz说，鉴于给整个国民经济带来的利益，纺织行业应当被豁免天然气的削减。
经济协调委员会决定对纺织行业继续削减天然气供应，每周三天，对这一决定，全巴纺织制造商联盟主席回应道，天然气削减已经严重影响了今年纺织品的出口目标，并且还对未来纺织品出口增涨将造成潜在的隐患。
据他说，纺织行业目前雇佣的工人数量为1500万人，2010-11年度，出口额达140亿美元，现财政年度，出口额预计完成200亿美元。
他说，80%的纺织行业依然依靠天然气能源。鉴于目前巴基斯坦的贸易逆差已经超过30%，政府应当大力推动出口行业的发展。
而这个贸易逆差补平的唯一办法就是提高纺织品的出口。全巴纺织制造商联盟主席表示，目前整个纺织行业由于财政紧缩，或将使部分企业面临破产。
他进一步表示，对纺织行业每周削减天然气三天对整个行业的成长来说是致命的，对整个国家的出口而言，也是致命的。一年当中，纺织行业的天然气中断已经达到了120天，经济协调委员会应当慎重考虑此项决定，并立即宣布免除对纺织行业的能源中断。
如果现阶段不能立马颁布此项决定，他表示，政府也应当尽量减少对纺织行业的天然气中断天数，从每周三天降为每周两天，以确保完成本年度200亿美元的出口目标，并保证1500万人依然正常就业。

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