Textile export growth in Pakistan reached 1% in the past ten months

Textile exports witnessed an increase of 1.29 per cent during the first ten months of the current financial year (2025-26) as compared to the same months of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.

The textile exports from the country were recorded at US $15.025 billion during July-April (2025-26) against the exports of US $14.834 billion during July-April (2024-25), according to the latest PBS data.

The textile commodities that contributed to trade growth included bed-wear, the exports of which grew by 1.85 percent to $2,617 million from $2,569 million, while knitwear exports increased by 0.2 percent to $1,167 million from $4,118 million.

The other commodities that witnessed trade growth included readymade garments, the exports of which increased by 4.85 percent to $3,558 million from $3,394 million, while exports of made-up articles, excluding towels.

Likewise, the exports of bed-wear went up by 1.86 percent to $654 million from $624 million and cotton yarn by 11.29 percent to $641 million from $576 million.

The textile commodities that witnessed negative trade growth included cotton cloth, the exports of which declined by 8.79 percent, from $1,550 million to $1,414 million, whereas the export of cotton carded or combed declined by 66.67 percent, from 0.006 million to 0.001 million.

The exports of yarn other than cotton yarn also declined by 4.61 percent to $26 million from $27 million, towels by 1.43 percent, from $903 million to $809 million, tents, canvas and tarpaulin by 4.65 percent, from $109 million to $103 million, art, silk and synthetic textile by 9.50 million, from $330 million to $299 million.

Meanwhile, the exports of all other textile materials increased by 8.06 percent to $660 million from $610 million, the PBS reported.

On a year-on-year basis, the textile exports declined by 9.33 percent in April 2026 to $187.055 million compared to exports of $206.296 million in April 2025.

On a month-on-month basis, the exports of textiles declined by 6.73 percent when compared to the exports of $200 in March 2026.