In fiscal 2026 ending June 30, 2026, Pakistan’s textile and garment exports posted a marginal growth of 0.26% growing to $17.93 billion from $17.88 billion in the previous fiscal.
This reflects the Pakistan textile and apparel industry’s struggle to maintain momentum amidst rising manufacturing costs and weakening demand in its key markets.
Experts attributed the weak performance to higher input costs, which lowered competitiveness, and to external shocks that disrupted overseas shipments.
According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, textile and clothing exports fell higher at 16.71% in June 2026 to total $1.26 billion as against $1.52 billion in the same month of earlier year.
In fiscal 2026, yarn exports swelled by 12.40% over fiscal 2025, while made-up articles, excluding towels dropped 0.71% and exports of tents, canvas, and tarpaulin declined 3.81%.
Exports of towels decreased marginally by 1.93% in fiscal 2026 as against the earlier fiscal, while cotton fabric shipments fell 7.55%.
In the 12 months to June 2026 under review, garment exports grew 3.87%. However, knitwear shipments slipped 0.88% and bedwear fell very slightly by just 0.01%.
The import of synthetic fibre increased 7.25% in FY27, and the arrival of synthetic and artificial silk yarn surged by 3.89% in FY26.
The import of raw cotton declined 43.26% during the months under review from a year ago. However, the import of second-hand clothes surged 16.36% in FY26.
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