In the nine months to March 2026, Pakistan’s value-added textile exports like garments and made ups totaled US $11.299 billion, a marginal increase of around 1% over the similar period of previous fiscal.
According to Pakistan Textile Council’s monthly export analysis reported by Wealth Pakistan, the performance underlines the continuing shift in Pakistan’s textile export base toward apparel and made-ups.
The growth in value added textile exports was led by woven clothing segment where shipments increased to $3.20 billion or 3.8% year over year during the July to March months of fiscal 2026
In the period under review, the highest exports in the value added textile exports category came from made-up textiles, which reached $4.34 billion, a growth of 0.6% over the similar period of fiscal 2025
However exports of knitted garments declined to $3.743 billion, down 1.1% from $3.787 billion in the same period of the earlier fiscal.
Overall textile and apparel exports stood at $13.58 billion in the July to March 2026 months, a decrease of 0.5% over corresponding period of previous fiscal
Within overall textile and clothing shipments, exports of cotton, yarn and fabric faced continued stress and fell 7% from a year earlier to $2.284 billion.
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