Islamabad May 16 2025: Pakistan textile exports witnessed an increase of 8.41 per cent during the first ten months of the current financial year (July-April) as compared to the corresponding months of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported Friday.
The textile exports from the country were recorded at USD 14,834.390 million during the July-April (2024-25) against the exports of USD 13,683.247 million during July-April (2023-24).
The textile commodities that contributed in trade growth included knitwear the export of which increased by 15.47 percent to USD 4,118.227 million from USD 3,566.624 million while the export of bed wear surged by 12.18 percent to USD 2,569.214 million from USD 2,290.796 million.
The other commodities that witnessed growth in trade included towels, the export of which rose by 4.49 percent to $903.331 million from USD 864.547 million, tents, canvas, and tarpaulin by 11.65 percent to USD 109.002 million from USD 97.632 million; readymade garments up by 17.52 percent to USD 3,394.188 million this year compared to the exports of USD 2,888.177 million last year.
Similarly, the export of art, silk and synthetic textile grew by 9.74 percent to USD 330.862 million from USD 301.496 million, made up articles (excl. towels and bed wear) increased by 9.10 percent to USD 642.646 million from USD 589.025 million while the export of other textile materials went up by 2.59 percent to USD 610.866 million from USD 595.431million.
The textile commodities that witnessed negative trade growth included raw cotton the exports of which declined by 98.45 percent to $0.871 million from $56.086 million.
Likewise, the exports of cotton yarn declined by 31.91 percent to $576.016 million from $845.923 million whereas the export of cotton carded or combed dipped by 99.28 percent from $0.837 million to $0.006 million during the period under review.
The exports of yarn other than cotton yarn also declined by 4.08 percent to $27.591 million from $28.766 million.
Meanwhile, on Year-on-Year (YoY) basis, the textile exports from the country witnessed a decrease of 1.35 percent during April 2025 as compared to the corresponding month of last year.
The textile exports in April 2025 were recorded $1,220.655 million against the exports of $1,237.313 million in April 2024.
On Month-on-Month (MoM) basis, the textile exports also decreased by 14.64 percent in April 2025 when compared to the exports of USD 1,430.003 million in March 2025, according to PBS data.
