Textile exports clock $1.002 billion in July, register 16.09 percent MoM fall

During July, cotton yarn exports rose 7.62 percent YoY, touching $117.343 million

Textile exports plunged 2 percent in June 2018

The government since the last 1.5 years has been trying to enhance exports and extended the Prime Minister Export-Package to rein in the ballooning CAD and dwindling foreign exchange reserves to a 3.5 year low of $9.06 billion

Govt released Rs32 billion under PM export package to enhance exports

The total claims for clash payment were recorded at Rs34 billion during Jan-June 2017, leaving a balance of Rs8 billion outstanding to be paid to exporters

Textile exports increase 9 percent to $13.53 billion during FY18

During June, textile sector’s exports touched $1.194 billion, declining 0.84 percent against $1.204 billion in May 2018 and decreasing 1.94 percent compared to $1.27 billion exports in June 2017

Pakistan Textiles flourish despite the odds

Rendered uncompetitive owing to high utility prices, the Pakistan textile exports still make an appreciable surge

Cotton research station to be set up at Rajanpur

Secretary Agriculture Punjab Wasif Khursheed said Friday that a cotton research station would soon be established in Rajanpur district to improve cotton crop quality and increase per acre production.

Rupee devaluation could attract foreign investors back into stock market

Foreign investors have been pulling out their money from the stock market and were net sellers of $266 million during FY18 compared to $728 million in the corresponding period of last year

Biggest international home textile exhibition to be held in Frankfurt

KARACHI: Heimtextil, the world biggest textile exhibition for home and contract textiles, will be held from 8 to 11 January 2019 in Frankfurt...

Textile industry financial crunch worsens, as it awaits release of outstanding tax refunds

Exports nosedived by 12.36 percent during 2015-16, touching $21.97 billion and worldwide exports also posted a fall of meagre 1 percent

Pakistan contemplating to import 20,000 tons of cotton from Afghanistan

Import of cotton from Afghanistan is under consideration due to the prevailing water shortage in the country

FPCCI prepares research report on textiles under PM’s instructions

ISLAMABAD: The Research and Development (R&D) department of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has prepared a detailed document...

New export package on the cards

The outgoing government in a bid to please the business community before the general elections is planning to announce another export package ranging from R30 billion to Rs42 billion.

PTEA stresses DDT continuation to boost textile exports

As a result of growth-led initiatives of the government, country’s exports surged by 13.1 per cent to in July-March 2017-18 over the corresponding period of last year.

Industries to bear ten-hour power outages in Ramzan

Former APTMA chairman Ijaz Gohar said exports could nosedive by $500 million a month if the 10-hour power outages schedule got enforced

Textile value-chain on priority in federal budget 2018-19: Pervaiz Malik

LAHORE: Federal Commerce Minister Pervaiz Malik on Wednesday assured that textile value chain was topmost priority in federal budget 2018-19. Addressing an International...