The production of traditional and modern style carpets in the fast growing Turkish city of Gaziantep is about 300 millions square meters in 2008. The process includes state of the art spinning and weaving machines, much of them from France.
Newly appointed Commerce Minister Col (retd) Muhammed Faruk Khan yesterday urged his visiting Sri Lankan counterpart to increase import of medicine, jute and leather goods from Bangladesh to enhance the existing trade relations between the two countries.
Yarn makers yesterday urged the government to roll out a stimulus package to safeguard the sub-sector from any fallout from the global financial recession.