In the context of #Africa Day 2021, what's #Pakistan's untapped #export potential with that region? #thread πππ
https://twitter.com/IslamabadScene/status/1397435895612014601
We have recently estimated #Pakistan's export potential at about US$88 billion. The untapped portion of that is close to US$61 billion.
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The largest untapped #export potentials for #Pakistan are with #China, and with its own region, #SouthAsia, for about 13 and 12.5 billion respectively, stressing the importance #regional #integration initiatives. 3/n
#Africa's untapped potential is estimated at about US$890 million, most of it concentrated in the larger economies (Nigeria, South Africa), and in the north (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco). 4/n 
The 'how-to' is crucial. #export. To sustain #export momentum: reduce #trade costs (import duties, border controls, #connectivity) to export more; invest in quality infra (#SPS, #certification), to export better #quality; invest in information for exports, to #diversify. 5/5
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