ISLAMABAD: Textile exports witnessed an increase of 5.26 per cent during the first quarter of the fiscal year (2026-27) as compared to the same period of last year.
The textile exports from the country were recorded at US $5.026 billion during July-September (2026-27) against the exports of US $4.775 billion during July-September (2025-26), according to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The textile commodities that contributed in trade growth included cotton yarn, the export of which increased by 24.47 percent to $227.101 million from $182.447 million, while knitwear export surged by 4.14 percent to $1,482 million from $1,423 million.
The other commodities that witnessed growth in trade included towels, the export of which rose by 10 percent to $291.565 million from $265.067 million, ready-made garments up by 15.69 percent to $1,223 million from $1,057 million, and made up articles (excl. towels and bed wear) increased by 7.89 percent to $223.121 million from $206.814 million.
The textile commodities that witnessed negative growth in trade included cotton cloth, the exports of which declined by 5.34 percent, from $449.274 million to $425.294 million, whereas the export of yarn other than cotton yarn also dipped by 31.99 percent from 9.095 million to $6.186 million.
Likewise, the export of bed witnessed a nominal decline of 0.07 percent from $852.867 million to $852.293 million, tents, canvas and tarpaulin dipped by 35.29 percent from $39.717 million to $25.702 million, art, silk and synthetic textile up by 7.01 percent from $98.042 million to $91.165 million and the export of other textile materials rose by 6.31 percent from $190.180 million to $178.171 million.
Meanwhile, year-on-year basis, the exports of textile went up by 4.68 per cent during the month of September 2026 as compared to the same month of last year.
The exports of textiles from the country during September 2026 were recorded at US $1,646.521 million against the export of US $1,572.896 million in September 2025.
On a month-on-month basis, textile exports from the country also increased by 5.15 per cent during September 2026 as compared to the exports of $1,565.842 million recorded in August 2026, the PBS data revealed.