Over $11 bln textile products exported in 8 months.

ISLAMABAD -- Textile exports reached $11,218.655 million during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (2022-23), the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Friday.

The textile exports showed a decline of 11.09 percent from $12,617.372 million during the same period of last year (July-February 2021-22).

The export of raw cotton witnessed positive growth during July-February (2022-23) of 86.80 percent from $6.577 million (last fiscal year) to $12.286 million, and that of tents, canvas and tarpaulin went up by 19.89 percent from $72.007 million to $86.332 million.

Similarly, the export of cotton yarn showed negative growth by 38.12 percent from $816.102 million to $505.015 million.

Likewise, the export of cotton cloth decreased by 12.95 percent from $1,585.387 million to $1,380.075 million; cotton (carded or combed) by 39.80 per cent from $1.610 million to $0.969 million, yarn (other than cotton yarn) by 29.35 per cent from $41.845 million to $29.562 million, knit-wear by 6.83 per cent from $3,304.616 million to $3,078.885 million, bed wear by 16.13 percent from $2,187.922 million to...