Textile exports witnessed an increase of 5.37 per cent during the first two months of the current financial year (2024-25) as compared to the same months of last year.
The textile exports from the country were recorded at US $2,915.453 million during July-August (2024-25) against the exports of US $2,766.870 million during July-August (2023-24), the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
The textile commodities that contributed in trade growth included cotton cloth the export of which increased by 7.23 percent to $322.654 million from $300.913 million while the export of knitwear surged by 7.15 percent to $820.585 million from $765.797 million.
The other commodities that witnessed growth in trade included bed wear, the export of which rose by 7.61 percent to $504.753 million from $469.049 million, towels increased by 6.87 percent to $170.766 million from $159.784 million, tents, canvas and tarpaulin up by 3.49 percent to $19.577 million this year compared to the exports of $18.916 million last year.
Similarly, the export of readymade garments grew by 17.85 percent to $658.499 million from $558.748 million, art, silk and synthetic textile rose by 11.15 percent to $61.244 million, made up articles (excl. towels and bed wear) increased by 5.10 percent to $119.386 million from $113.089 million while the export of other textile materials surged by 7.42 percent to $121.449 million from $113.058 million.
