October 26, 2026
Indian Duty-Free Access Threatens Pakistan’s Textile Edge
EU-India and UK-India trade agreements would put Indian textiles on the same terms Pakistan enjoys under GSP Plus, exporters warn.
Articles for tag: European Union, exports, GSP Plus, India, SITE Association, textiles
October 25, 2026
Pakistan to Seek Fresh GSP+ Status From January 2027
The current framework expires in December 2026, with a grace period to December 2028. Officials say qualifying will require hectic lobbying and stricter compliance.
September 7, 2026
EU Ambassador Says GSP+ “Cannot Be Taken for Granted” as Bar Rises to 32 Conventions
EU ambassador Raimundas Karoblis has warned that Pakistan's GSP+ preferences "cannot be taken for granted" and that "the situation is not certain", with the successor scheme requiring compliance with 32 conventions rather than 27.
September 7, 2026
Thirty-Two Conventions
Three European interventions in five days have said the same thing: Pakistan's €732m in tariff preferences is conditional on enforced disappearances, blasphemy law and judicial independence. A column on what happens when rights become a trade term.
September 3, 2026
EU Review Finds Progress on Pakistan Reforms but Flags Disappearances and Media Freedom
The European Commission's GSP+ review credits Pakistan with narrowing the death penalty, new domestic violence law and ILO ratification, but flags enforced disappearances, media freedom and judicial independence. The EU takes 28pc of Pakistan's exports.
June 28, 2026
Imported Fabric Floods In as ‘Bleached’ Loophole Defies Pakistan’s EFS Curbs
Imports of bleached cotton fabric under the Export Facilitation Scheme surged more than 8,000 percent year-on-year in February, with the textile lobby alleging systemic misdeclaration is gutting the local industry.
Textiles hit regulator against high RLNG bills
Islamabad: Textile mills have hit out at the regulator and a public gas utility over billing incidents related to the supply of regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) to captive power plants, saying their actions have burdened consumers with exorbitant costs. The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has submitted a report to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) regarding the final selling prices of RLNG to consumers of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) from April 1, 2015 to June 30, 2022. The regulator recently held a public hearing. Aptma members argued that since LNG offloading started in Pakistan,
Innovative textiles create new routes
SHANGHAI: Five of Pakistan’s leading textiles and clothing manufacturers record international attention on the continued distinguished Shanghai – Autumn 2025 clothing fabrics, a global commercial event from September 2 to 4. Their presence highlights the live revival of Pakistan’s textile sector, which leads a wave of impressive export growth. The industry started the current use with excellent vigor, recording a 32% increase in exports in July. The sector has shown a positive growth trend in recent months, with June recording an annual increase of 7.59%. For the whole fiscal year 2024-25, sector exports rose by $ 7.39% to $ 17.887
Pakistan to launch talks on textiles with Qatar
A photo of a liquefied natural gas tanker (LNG). – AFP/file Pakistan to hold early lack of supply talks with Qatar. The energy sector is default glut deteriorations. The price clause in Qatar contracts to be activated by March 2026. ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to open talks with Qatar on the future of LNG supplies, mainly in the light of a prices reopening clause to be activated in March 2026 under two long -term agreements and the continuing diverting of the cargoes in the international market The news reported. The surplus crisis in Pakistan has deepened significantly, is driven
Exports of textiles are increased by 7.2% to 17.88B to FY25
Listen to the article Lahore: Pakistan’s textile exports for the financial year 2024-25 have shown a stunningly positive trend, recording an increase of 7.22% and reaching $ 17.88 billion, compared to $ 16.68 billion in the previous year. This development has come despite the domestic and international challenges that had caused concerns between industry experts and textile products for a possible fall. Although the number is still short of the $ 19.30 billion record achieved by FY22, the recovery has brought careful optimism to the country’s most important export sector. Monthly data from June 2025 shows that exports amounted to
