Textile exports increases 2.95, reached to $470.584 million in first quarter of FY 2019-20.

ISLAMABAD -- Textile exports from the country during first quarter of current financial year grew by 2.95% as compared the exports of the corresponding period of last year.

During the period from July-September 2019, textile worth $3,371,974 million was exported as compared to the exports of $3,275,303 million of same period of last year.

According the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the exports of raw cotton increased by 53.65%, about 6,980 metric tons of raw cotton valuing $10,828 million exported as compared to the 4,619 metric tons worth $7,047 million of same period of last year.

Meanwhile, 3,778 metric tons of yarn other than cotton yarn...