Pakistan's bed-wear textiles posted 3.16 percent export growth to $1.197 billion during July-Dec 2019-20, official figures say. Increase in home textiles export stands at $36.703 million in July-Dec 2019-20 from $1.161 billion in July-Dec 2018-19, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows.

In term of quantity, the country's bed-wear textiles export grew by 12 percent or 25215 metric tons to 240,939 metric tons in July-Dec 2019-20 from 215,724 metric tons in July-Dec 2018-19. In Dec 2019, Pakistan however exported bed-wear textiles less by 5 percent or $8.716 million to $184.379 million from $193.095 million in Dec 2018. Export volume of home textiles shrank to 35,232 metric tons in Dec 2019 from 34,764 metric tons in Dec 2018, depicting a fall of 1.35 percent or 468 metric tons.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2020

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