The purposed mini estates would not only help in expanding the radius of industrial sector but also supportive in accelerating the pace of productivity, he said. The SCCI President further stated that vending industry is an integral part of export industry and this sector should be accommodated in proposed mini-estates for ensuring all facilities under one roof.
He pointed out that there is only one small industrial estate in Sialkot and there is clear industrial need for well planned mini-industrial estates with necessary infrastructure adding that setting up mini-estates are important to cater the need of small, medium and micro level industry of the area. He said that SCCI had focused special attention on the promotion of SME sector aimed at enabling them to play their instrumental role in boosting up export volume. The business community was confronting with serious financial constrains due to non clearance of duty drawback claims and despite of certain problems our top priority is to promote trade and industry with the sole aim of enhancing the export volume to manifold, he said. The SCCI President further stated that outstanding refund claims was posing serious threats to exports and further delay in clearance of refund claims will be detrimental for national economy. Mansoor said, "We are focusing on reducing the production cost of products and obtaining modern technology for the purpose adding that more common facility centres would be established with the active support of the Commerce Ministry and Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) to facilitate the SMEs of the area."
The SCCI President further stated that business community was confronting serious problems due to the shortage skilled workforce. The SCCI President disclosed that major industries of the city are actively considering setting up classrooms in factories for providing education and technical training to the students adding that students will get education up to Matric and technical training in the factories.
The step as being taken to cope with the shortage of skilled workers and hopefully this step would help in overcoming the problem, he said. Mansoor suggested that the industrial machinery should be made tax free enabling the business community to modernise its workplaces to cope with modern industrial challenges easily.