Pakistan Receives $17.88 Billion in Textile Exports in FY2025
During the fiscal year 2024-25, Pakistan’s textile exports increased by 7.39%, reaching a value of $17.88 billion. This represents an increase from the figure of $16.65 billion reported in the last year. Though this growth is noteworthy, it remains the second-highest over the last five years but below the staggering 25.5% increase in FY2022.
Main Drivers of Growth
The key drivers of export growth in textiles were knitwear, readymade garments, and bedwear. All these categories experienced a high rise in demand.
- Knitwear exports increased by 13.68% to $5.01 billion from last year’s $4.41 billion in FY2024.
- Readymade garments increased by 15.85%, touching $4.128 billion, up from last year’s $3.56 billion.
- Bedwear exports increased by 11.1%, standing at $3.11 billion, up from $2.80 billion.
Challenges in Traditional Textile Products
Conversely, the classical textile products encountered a bit of a fight. Cotton cloth exports declined by 3.05%, from $1.87 billion during FY2024 to $1.81 billion during FY2025. Cotton yarn exports recorded a sharp decline of 28.76%, from $955 million to only $680.7 million.
Increase in June 2025
In June 2025, Pakistan’s textile exports once again reported positive growth, increasing by 7.59%, which came in at $1.52 billion as against $1.41 billion in June 2024. This reflects good momentum but was insufficient to entirely offset the performance of other textile groups.
Performance in Other Sectors
Other industries also reflected mixed trends. Sport goods exports fell by 2.74%, reaching $385.5 million. Football exports, however, fell by 9.7%, standing at $229.8 million. Surgical instruments, by contrast, rose by 1.6%, with exports reaching $451.7 million. Cement exports rose by 23.7%, to $329.8 million.
Changes in Imports
On the imports side, petroleum imports declined by 5.76% to $15.93 billion, bringing some comfort to the country’s current account. Machinery imports, however, increased by 13.37% to $9.63 billion. Remarkably, textile machinery imports rose by 61.5% to $241.2 million, and power generation equipment imports gained by 47.8% to $616.2 million.
In the transport industry, imports experienced a drastic increase. CKD/SKD vehicle imports increased by 57.8% to $1.59 billion, while motorcar imports increased by 41.5% to $1.103 billion. Imports of buses, trucks, and heavy vehicles increased by 132% to $442.3 million. Fully built-up motorcars imports totaled $278.2 million.
