July-January 2018-19: bed-wear textile export posts four percent growth

15 Mar, 2019

Pakistan's bed-wear textile export posted a four percent growth to $1.354 billion in July-Jan 2018-19, official figures said. Increase in the bed-wear textile export now stands at $48.939 million in July-Jan 2018-19 from $1.305 billion in July-Jan 2017-18, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows.
Export volume of bed-wear textile surged by 12 percent or 26217 metric tons to 242,733 metric tons in July-Jan 2018-19 from 216,516 metric tons in July-Jan 2017-18, the figures said. In Jan 2019, the country exported $193.309 million of bed-wear textile, which is higher by 7 percent or $12.115 million from $181.194 million of the value-added products exported in Jan 2018. In term of quantity, the bed-wear textile export remained stagnant with less than 1 percent or 30 metric tons fall to 30,861 metric tons in Jan 2019 from 30,891 metric tons in Jan 2018.

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