Textile exports increase 4.68% in first five months of FY 2019-20.

ISLAMABAD -- Textile exports from the country during first five months of current financial year grew by 4.68 per cent as compared to exports of the corresponding period last year. During the period from July-November 2019, textile worth US $ 5,763,614 million was exported as compared to the exports of US $ 5,506,045 million during same period last year.

According to the data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the exports of raw cotton increased by 3.67 per cent, while about 10,769 metric tons of raw cotton valuing US $14,277 million was exported as compared to the 8,526 metric tons worth US $ 13,772 million last year. Meanwhile...