The exports of textile group in April, were recorded at $1.081 billion against the exports of $1.05 billion in April 2014, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Similarly on month on month basis the textile group exports in April also increased by 4.6 percent from $1.033 billion in March 2015 to $1.081 billion in April.
The exports of textile group during first 10 months of the year 2014-15 however decreased by 1.21 percent as compared to the exports of same period of last year.
The overall textile group exports during the period under review were recorded at $11.281 billion as compared to the exports of $11.42 billion in July-April (2014-15).
The textile products that witnessed increase in trade included cotton carded or combed export of which increased by 2.49 percent, by going up from $6.1 million last year to $6.253 million this year.
Exports of yarn other than cotton yarn also increased by 5.40 percent from $35.61 million last year to $37.532 million this year while the exports of knitwear increased by 7.76 percent from $1.839 billion to $1.982 billion.
According to PBS data, exports of towels during the period under review increased by 3.2 percent to $650.064 million from $629.881 million during last year.
The exports of tents, canvas and tarpaulin also surged by 73.26 percent from $65.797 million during July-April 2013-14 to $114.001 million during July-April (2014-15), whereas the exports of ready made garments increased by 9.14 percent from $1.5778 billion to $1.722 billion.
The products that witnessed negative growth in exports included raw cotton exports of which declined by 26.22 percent, from $196.128 million to $144.695 million.
The exports of cotton yarn decreased from $1.716 billion to $1.587 billion, showing a decrease of 7.5 percent while exports of cotton cloth decreased from $2.346 billion to $2.088 billion, showing decrease of 10.98 percent.
Similarly, exports of bed wear also decreased from $1.767 billion last year to $1.747 billion this year, showing negative growth of 1.13 percent, whereas exports of art, silk and synthetic textile decreased by 12.02 percent by falling from $318.103 million last year to $279.864 million this year.