ISLAMABAD  -  Textile exports witnessed an increase of 8.41 percent 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. The textile exports from the country were recorded at $14,834.390 million during the July-April (2024-25) period against the exports of $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 $4,118.227 million from $3,566.624 million while the export of bed wear surged by 12.18 percent to $2,569.214 million from $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 $864.547 million, tents, canvas, and tarpaulin by 11.65 percent to $109.002 million from $97.632 million; readymade garments up by 17.52 percent to $3,394.188 million this year compared to the exports of $2,888.177 million last year.

Similarly, the export of art, silk and synthetic textile grew by 9.74 percent to $330.862 million from $301.496 million, made up articles (excl. towels and bed wear) increased by 9.10 percent to $ 642.646 million from $ 589.025 million while the export of other textile materials went up by 2.59 percent to $610.866 million from $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 $1,430.003 million in March 2025, according to PBS data.