ISLAMABAD: Textile exports witnessed an increase of 7.39 percent during the financial year (2024-25) as compared to the last year 2023-24, said Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday.
The textile exports from the country were recorded at $ 17,887.038 million during the fiscal year 2024-25 against the exports of $ 16,655.899 million during the last year.
The textile commodities that contributed in trade growth included knitwear, the export of which increased by 13.68 percent to $ 5,010.467 million from $ 4,407.573 million while the export of bed wear surged by 11.07 percent to $ 3,112.848 million from $ 2,802.670 million.
The other commodities that witnessed growth in trade included towels, the export of which rose by 2.61 percent to $1,082.611 million from $ 1,055.108 million, tents, canvas, and tarpaulin by 6.21 percent to $ 124.870 million from $ 117.564 million; yarn other than cotton yarn by 4.75 percent to $34.042 million from $32.498 million, and the ready-made garments up by 15.85 percent to $ 4,128.556 million this year compared to the exports of $ 3,563.599 million last year.
Similarly, the export of art, silk and synthetic textile grew by 8.80 percent to $ 399.515 million from $ 367.199 million, made up articles (excl. towels and bed wear) increased by 8.45 percent to $ 775.791 million from $ 715.333 million while the export of other textile materials went up by 1.65 percent to $ 727.764 million from $ 715.955 million.
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 28.76 percent to $680.700 million from $955.510 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 export of cotton cloth came down by 3.05 percent to $1,808.997 million from $1,865.964 million.
Meanwhile, on Year-on-Year (YoY) basis, the textile exports from the country witnessed an increase of 7.59 percent during June 2025 as compared to the corresponding month of last year.
The textile exports in June 2025 were recorded $1,521.716 million against the exports of $1,414.417 million in June 2024.
On Month-on-Month (MoM) basis, the textile exports witnessed a nominal decrease of 0.60 percent in June 2025 when compared to the exports of $ 1,530.927 million in May 2025, according to PBS data.
