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January 8, 2026

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Textile exports are down in the EU, US and UK

Islamabad: Pakistan’s textile and apparel exports suffered a broad decline in its three biggest markets, the European Union, the United States and the United Kingdom, in the first half of 2016, signaling a deepening competitiveness crisis for the country’s biggest export sector. Pakistan Textile Council (PTC) chairman Fawad Anwar said the downturn is not limited to a single product or destination but reflects systemic weaknesses in the cost of doing business, according to a statement issued on Wednesday. Textiles and clothing, Pakistan’s largest export industry, face immediate risks to foreign exchange earnings, employment and industrial capacity utilization, he warned. An

October 9, 2025

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Pakistan’s textile vision takes the focus of Canada

Islamabad: Pakistani manufacturers of textile products and clothing made a striking impression on The Sourcing Stourcing (ATS) of Applel (ATS) in Mississauga, Canada, one of North America’s top platforms for the global clothing and textile industry. From September 29 to October 1, the annual trade fair drew participants from all over North America, Asia and beyond that, a press release issued here on Wednesday. This year’s edition included over 200 international exhibitors from countries, such as Bangladesh, China, India, Turkiye, Vietnam, the US and Pakistan, offering a global supply snapshot of its most competitive. Pakistan’s participation stood out for his

September 21, 2025

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Textile waste threaten blue economy, marine life

Islamabad: Federal Minister of Maritime Affairs, Muhammad Junaid Anwar Chaudhry, warned that the growing tide of the textile and fashion floods is a growing threat not only to marine life but also for the economy of Pakistani and the Pakistani economy. In a statement on Saturday, he marked World Cleaning Day 2025 on “Treatment of Textile and Fashion Waste in circular fashion”, the minister stressed the emergency action for sustainable practices. He said that the protection of the oceans is vital to securing the future for future generations. World Cleaning Day is a worldwide initiative against solid waste and marine

February 2, 2025

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Sustainability Standards for the Development of Exports of Textile Products

Listen to the article Islamabad: Cooperation between the Pakistani Textile Council (PTC) and an international advisory body is expected to boost the exports of Pakistan’s textile products, ligating the production of cotton with worldwide viability points and enhancing competitiveness in international markets. He served at a meeting on Saturday between the PTC and a delegation of the International Cultural Council (ICAC), led by Executive Director Eric Trachtenberg and Kanwar USMan Textile Manager. The delegation was accompanied by Dr. Yusuf Zafar, Vice President of the Pakistani Central Cotton Committee (PCCC), who works at the Ministry of National Security and Food Research,

January 28, 2025

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Textile Millers Mount Gas

Karachi: All Pakistan Mills Association (APTMA) President of the Southern Zone Naveed Ahmed have described the recent decision by the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) to increase the Gas Invoice for Power Stations (CPPS) from RS3,000 per million British Thermal Units (MMBTU) In RS3, 500 per mmbtu as anti-exports, which will be devastating for the textile industry with a 60% share in the country’s exports. It has asked the federal government to reverse its decision on an unprecedented increase in the gas invoice to make exports of textiles competitively on the international market, which was constantly eroded by rising energy prices

September 20, 2024

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Chinese investment firm to set up textile parks in Pakistan, targeting $5 billion in exports

The Board of Investment and Chinese textile company RUYI Shangdong signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the presence of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday. — APPLICATION ISLAMABAD: Chinese investment company RUYI Shangdong will set up textile parks in Pakistan and invite around 100 Chinese textile companies to invest in the facilities, a statement from the prime minister’s office said on Friday. The Board of Investment and RUYI on Friday signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoU) for this project, under which the first park will be inaugurated later this year and completed in three years. These parks are expected to

August 26, 2024

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Can Pakistan emerge as textile sourcing hub amid BD turmoil?

A worker is busy preparing the design on the fabric with the help of a machine at a local textile factory in Hyderabad on May 2, 2024. —APP ISLAMABAD: Bangladesh, which has grown its exports to $47 billion a year, is in massive political and economic turmoil. Many MNCs are in the process of shifting sourcing operations from Bangladesh to mitigate risks. This provides a unique opportunity for Pakistan to step in as an alternative sourcing hub, given its established textile industry and strategic location. Moreover, increasing exports is crucial for Pakistan to address its foreign exchange shortage, which is

June 24, 2024

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May Day appeal for the textile sector

Islamabad: Pakistan’s economy revolves around two main components namely textiles and energy because 60% of our exports are textiles while 30% of imports are energy. This becomes more critical when various studies project the export potential at $50 billion annually by 2030, although their value was just $16.5 billion in the financial year 2022-23, with the all-time high reaching $22.1 billion dollars in 2022. Some sources put this possibility as high as $100 billion. If realized, it can easily pull us out of the perennial malaise of the balance of payments deficit, the root cause of all our economic woes.

April 19, 2024

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Textile exports fall 7.7% as pessimism prevails

LAHORE: Pakistan’s textile exports slipped back into negative territory as March 2024 figures declined by 7.67% month-on-month (MoM), marking the second consecutive month that global sales of the economy’s main sector slowed. Textile exports totaled $1.299 billion in March against $1.407 billion worth of shipments to foreign markets in February. On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, exports increased by 2.74%. Textile manufacturers have been able to achieve positive growth in their exports for only two months – December 2023 and January 2024 – in the last several months. Exporters rightly expected some improvement in those months, mainly due to Black Friday

April 3, 2024

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High costs limit textile exports

Islamabad: Pakistan’s textile exports rose marginally by 3% to reach $1.3 billion in March 2024 compared to the same month last year, according to provisional data compiled by the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma). Last year in March, textile manufacturers had exported goods worth $1.26 billion. Compared to exports of $1.41 billion in February 2024, textile shipments recorded a decline of about 8% in March 2024. Earlier, textile exports rose 20% in February compared to shipments of $1.18 billion in the same month a year earlier. However, on a month-on-month basis, textile exports fell more than 3% in February

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