Pak posted rise in bedwear exports by 5.64pc during first month of current FY

Pakistan posted increase in its bed wear exports by 5.64 percent during the first month of current financial year as compared to the exports of the corresponding month of last financial year. While during the month of July, it exported about 27,183 tonnes of bed wear worth $ 167.665 million.

According the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, during the month of June it recorded bed wear exports at 25,054 tonnes costing $ 154.89 million. Meanwhile, exports of tents, canvas and tarpaulin increased by 18.28 percent and about 1,712 tonnes of these items worth $5.557 million were exported.

The exports of tents, canvas and tarpaulin were recorded at 1,208 tonnes of $ 4.69 million during the month of July.

The exports of art, silk and synthetic textile witnessed an increase of 4.8 percent last month as compared to the exports of the same month last financial year.

However, during the period under review exports of other textile materials increased by 5.89 percent as about 33.770 million earned by exporting the other textile materials.

On the other hand during first month of current financial year, towel exports decreased by 16.20 percent and reached at $ 56.965 million as compared to the exports of $ 67.19 million of the corresponding month of last year.

It may be recalled that during the first month of current financial year, textile exports registered decrease of 3.85 percent as compare to the exports of same period last year.