Pakistan registered a 0.4 per cent growth in textile exports in February 2025. During the month, the country’s total textile exports rose to $1.41 billion as against $1.4 billion in the same month last year, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

However, Pakistan experienced a 16.2 per cent on M-o-M decline in textile exports in February 2025 from $1.69 billion in January 2025.

Over the first eight months of the fiscal year 2025 (8MFY25), Pakistan’s cumulative textile exports rose by 9.3 per cent to $12.18 billion from $11.15 billion in 8MFY24.

Total exports in February 2025 declined by 3.5 per cent Y-o-Y to $2.49 billion from $2.58 billion in February 2024. On a M-o-M basis, textile exports declined by 15.6 per cent.

Textile products remained Pakistan's primary export category in February 2025, accounting for 56.7 per cent of total exports. Key contributors within the textile group included knitwear ($0.37 billion), readymade garments ($0.33 billion), and bed wear ($0.25 billion).

Notably, knitwear exports declined by 21.9 per cent, RMG exports fell by 17.1 per cent, and bed wear exports decreased by 13.5 per cent.