GLOBALink | Pakistani pharmaceutical importers praise Chinese products for good quality

ISLAMABAD, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Muhammad Salman, sales manager of Lahore-based United Chemicals had a busy day meeting new clients at the two-day Pak Pharma and Healthcare Expo recently held in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan.

"This expo is important for us to meet new potential clients, and we are very happy to receive over 100 new clients on the first day," the Pakistani businessman mentioned in a conversation with Xinhua.

Salman's company, which is one of the major importers of the chemical raw material in the South Asian country, prefers China because "it is a very big market and we get a lot of options in one place which saves our time, money and effort," he said.

A few yards away from Salman's stall, Muhammad Iqbal, who is the managing director of Servex Group of Companies, Pakistan, had his booth full of medical furniture and equipment used in medical laboratories and pharmaceutical companies.

In a conversation with Xinhua, Iqbal said Chinese products have higher quality and lower prices compared to those on the domestic market.

"China has big industrial units from where they export products to every part of the world. By using modern technology, Chinese industrialists make a big quantity of products at cheaper prices due to which when we buy products from them we are also able to prepare cost-effective products," Iqbal added.

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