Pakistan’s textile export declined 8.16 per cent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year. Raw cotton exports recorded a decline of 47 per cent during the current fiscal year while cotton yarn fell by 32 per cent.

Export of raw cotton cloth declined by 10.14 per cent during the first nine months of the current fiscal year. Export of cotton carded or combed declined by 97 per cent during the first nine months. Knitwear exports declined by 2.10 per cent and bed wear exports fell by 4.13 per cent. Tents, canvas and tarpaulin exports decreased by 27 per cent in July to March 2015-16 as compared to July to March 2014-15. Art, silk and synthetic textile exports declined by 13.11 per cent during July to March 2015-16 against July to March 2014-15.

Made-up article exports registered a decline of 3.46 per cent during the current fiscal year. Exports of raw cotton declined by 66.68 per cent in March 2016 compared to the same month of the last fiscal year. Cotton yarn exports in March 2016 fell by 29.16 percent compared to March 2015. Cotton cloth exports fell by 5.52 per cent, cotton carded or combed export by 61.54 per cent, and exports of yarn other than cotton yarn by 8.66 per cent. Exports of towels fell by 6.51 per cent, art, silk and synthetic textile exports by 17.74 per cent, made-up articles by 1.11 per cent.