The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) will facilitate hunting and sporting swords and accessories manufacturers in enhancing the export of the sector from the current USD 13.5 million to USD 100 million.

The assurance was held out by Mr Socrat Aman Rana, Chief Executive Officer of SMEDA, while addressing a delegation of the Hunting and Sporting Knives, Swords and Accessories Association of Pakistan at a meeting held at SMEDA’s Head Office in Lahore on Sept 15.  

The delegation was led by Mr Nadeem Ahmed Warraich, chairman of the association. SMEDA’s senior officials were also in attendance.  

The CEO of SMEDA emphasized that promoting exports and generating employment through SME development remain the foremost priorities of the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

He assured the delegation that SMEDA is actively working to address the challenges facing the sector and will collaborate with the Association on initiatives such as sector profiling, production process improvement, preparation of a cluster documentary and specialized e-commerce training programs.

Highlighting SMEDA’s ongoing efforts, the CEO noted that a range of export facilitation programs are already in place to strengthen SMEs across various sectors, and similar measures will be extended to the hunting and sporting knives industry.

Earlier, Mr Nadeem Ahmed Warraich, in a presentation, informed the participants that Pakistan’s share in the global trade of hunting and sporting knives was 0.53 percent in 2022, which decreased to 0.41pc in 2024. He said the share could be enhanced manifold with the support of the government.

He said the government support could raise the exports of hunting and sporting knives from USD 13.5 million to USD 100 million.