Textile exports earn $11.14 billion for Pakistan in 8 months
Pakistan earned $11,145.661 million from exports of textile products during the first eight months of the current financial year (2023-24), the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported here on Saturday.
The exports of the textile product, however, witnessed a nominal decline of 0.65 percent during July-February (2023-24) when compared to the exports of $11,218.644 million during July-February (2022-23).
The textile commodities that witnessed positive trade growth included raw cotton, the exports of which grew by 353.78 percent, from $12.286 million last year to $55.752 million this year.
Likewise, the exports of cotton yarn increased by 48.18 percent, from $ 505.015 million last year to $ 748.307 million this year and towels by 3.64 percent, from $ 666.497 million to $ 690.745 million.
The export of bed wear also surged by 2.08 percent, from 1,834.903 million to 1,873.008 million.
