KARACHI: Pakistan’s knitwear export has jumped up by 14.34 percent to $1.51 billion during the first five months (July – November) of the current fiscal year, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Friday.
The export of knitwear was at $1.32 billion during the same period of the last fiscal year.
The total export of textile products posted five percent growth to $6.04 billion during the first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with $5.76 billion in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.
The export of knitwear remained the largest component contributing around 25 percent of the total textile export.
In terms of value, export of readymade garments was the second largest component of textile export. The export of readymade garments posted 4.36 percent growth to $1.2 billion during July – November 2020/2021 as compared with $1.15 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
The export of bedwear registered 12.28 percent increase to $1.138 billion during the first five months of the current fiscal year as compared with $1.01 billion in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The export of cotton cloth fell by 8.73 percent to $773.17 million during July – November 2020/2021 as compared with $847 million in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
Similarly, the export of cotton yarn fell by 37.34 percent to $304.55 million during the period under review as compared with $486 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
