- Total textile exports increased by 10.6% to $ 10.77 billion.
- The knitting leads with 29.3% to 468.3 million dollars.
- Cotton thread exports fell from 19.9% to $ 65 million.
Islamabad: continuing a two -figure growth trend since August 2024, except in December, textile exports from Pakistan jumped 15.85% in annual shift in January 2025, reaching $ 1.686 billion against $ 1.477 billion a year more Early, 1.686 billion The news.
Total textile exports increased by 10.6% to 10.77 billion dollars in the first seven months (July-January 2024-25), against $ 9.74 billion during the same period last.
Growth was motivated by finished products, while exports of raw materials have decreased, signaling a change to value added products.
Knittings led with an increase of 29.3% to $ 468.3 million, followed by lending clothes, up 19.1% to $ 397 million. Bed clothing exports increased by 14.5% to $ 288.7 million, a cotton fabric of 3.35% to $ 165 million and towels from 6.1% to 101.97 million Dollars.
On the other hand, cotton wool exports dropped from 19.9% to $ 65 million and gross cotton exports fell to zero, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
For exercise 2023-24, total textile exports amounted to $ 16.65 billion, marking a modest increase of 0.9%. With the current rate, the sector could cross an $ 18 billion bar.
At the same time, food exports decreased by 16.9% to $ 653.6 million in January, mainly due to a 33.2% drop in rice exports to $ 319 million after reopening the market ‘India.
Basmati rice exports dropped from $ 13% to $ 77.8 million, while other rice varieties dropped from $ 37.8%.
Fruit exports increased 4.4% to $ 41.4 million, but vegetable exports plunged $ 34.1 million from $ 34.2%.
Fish exports remained stable to $ 30.3 million, meat decreased by 2.7% to $ 45.6 million, while sugar exports reached $ 64.3 million, against zero ‘last year.
Exports of sports products dropped by 2.13% to 31.35 million dollars, with football balls of 10.6% to $ 17.4 million. Surgery and medical instruments increased by $ 6.56% by $ 40.15 million, cement exports increased by $ 40% to $ 20.6 million, and chemical and pharmaceutical exports jumped 38, 5% at $ 136 million. Pharmaceutical exports experienced the biggest gain, increasing from 159.6% to $ 55 million.
While on the import side, imports of oil groups increased by 3.45% in annual sliding in January 2025, reaching $ 1.37 billion against $ 1.33 billion a year earlier.
Raw oil imports jumped 18.8% to 435.6 million dollars, oil products from 21.1% to $ 517.6 million and a LPG of 21.2% to 105.9 million dollars. However, LNG imports decreased by 29.6% to 313.3 million dollars.
The total import group imports in January jumped 18.4% to 887.7 million dollars. From this, imports of textile machines increased from $ 100.7% to $ 22.2 million, electricity production machines from 67.8% to $ 59.3 million and agricultural machinery of 29.2 % $ 15.5 million.
Imports of construction and mining machines increased from $ 58% to $ 14 million, while electric machines increased from $ 10.3% to $ 309 million. On the other hand, imports of telecommunications machines dropped by 16.6% to 194 million dollars, with mobile phone imports down 30.66% to 135.1 million dollars.
Imports in the transport sector jumped 58% to $ 214 million. Imports of road vehicles, including built units and CKD / SKD, totaled $ 200.7 million, up 70% in annual sliding. Imports of fully constructed units (CBU) for buses, trucks and heavy vehicles increased by 5.6% to 41.7 million dollars, while import car imports decreased by 15.9% $ 27 million.
CKD / SKD imports for heavy vehicles jumped from 159.4% to 128.2 million dollars. From this, buses, trucks and other imports of heavy vehicles increased by 360.3% to 43.34 million dollars, and motor cars increased from $ 118.7% to $ 79 million. Motorcycle imports increased by 47.6% to 5.4 million dollars, and imports of parts and accessories increased by 22.2% to 27.7 million dollars.