LAHORE: Textile exports of the country during first eight months of current financial year (2019-20) grew by 5.30 per cent as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
During the period from July- February 2019-20, textile products worth US $ 9,373,400 million were exported against US $ 8,901,495 million during the same period of last year.
According to the data, the exports of raw cotton increased by 9.94 per cent to about 9,392 metric tons valuing US $16,801 million during the period under review as compared to 34.38 metric tons worth US $ 15,282 million last year.
Similarly, 283,860 metric tons yarn other than the cotton yarn worth US $737,418 million was exported during the first eight months of current financial year against 6.70 metric tons valuing US $ 743,799 million last year.
Likewise, the knitwear exports also recorded positive growth of 7.79 per cent during the period under review.
Knitwear products worth US $ 2,090,275 million were exported as compared to US $ 1,939,134 million last year.
