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Textile exports surge 2.3pc in two months
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ISLAMABAD: The textile group exports from the country during the first two months of the current financial year increased by 2.30pc when compared with the corresponding period of last year.

During the July-August 2019 period, textile products worth $2.303 billion were exported, as against $2.215 billion worth of textile products exported during the same period of last year, according to the data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Saturday.

The textile products that witnessed growth in exports during the period under review included raw cotton by 152.33pc, cotton (carded or combed) by 100pc, and yarn (other than cotton) by 44.96pc.

Similarly, the exports of other textile products that registered an increase in their respective exports included knitwear by 12.84pc, bed wear by 1.22pc and readymade garments by 7.47pc.

Meanwhile, the textile group exports that remained negative during the period under review included cotton yarn by 7.76pc, cotton cloth by 6.35pc and towels 0.20pc. The export of other textile materials decreased by 15.46pc.

As per details, the country earned $541.484 million through knitwear exports, as against $479.877 million earned in the same period last year.

About $399.994 million worth of bed wear was exported during the period under review, as against $395.172 million earned during the same period last year.

Likewise, readymade garments worth $476.484 million were exported in the first two months of FY20 (2MFY19 $434.981 million).

On the other hand, the exports of cotton yarn came down from $224.149 million to $206.757 million, cotton cloth from $346.767 million to $324.758 million and other textile materials from $67.636 million to $57.180 million respectively.

It is pertinent to mention that the local exports in dollars terms during the period under review increased by 2.79pc, from $3,651 million to $3,753 million.

Meanwhile, in terms of dollars, the imports during July-August 2019 were recorded at $7,677 million, as against $9,769 million worth of imports during the corresponding period of last year, showing a decrease of 21.41pc.
 
exports are still not picking up..
simply shows the textile sector isnt upto the task..
the reason are plenty one inculding a nice domestic market..unless they are given counter incentives for domestic market only than they can focus on external market

the other issues are production, lack of investment, diversification, new markets and lack of utilities

lastly Pakistan has far more opportunities in other sectors, textiles shouldn't be the only sector
 
To phir yeh APTMA president kyun har doosray din TV par akar rona shuru kar deta hai?
In previous ten years our business man turned into rent seekers rather than the doing business.They want to make profit with out competing any one.Tell me any area where BD is ahead of Pakistan except the textile business. It happened due to the negligence and incompetency.
 
Well exports are meant to surge , because the Textile Industry is getting

a) Electricity
b) Gas

And the Prices have been adjusted in past to support their relaunch

The Textile Sector is still taking baby steps will need some hand-holding for another 3-4 years
 
Well exports are meant to surge , because the Textile Industry is getting

a) Electricity
b) Gas

And the Prices have been adjusted in past to support their relaunch

The Textile Sector is still taking baby steps will need some hand-holding for another 3-4 years
but why would they want to export if the incentives are equally there for domestic market?
this was what the current finance ministry said..taht we are essentially not asking them to compete but making them earn more profits and more lazy to compete internationally

so they revoked the free pass of tax returns for local markets but subsidies still are there for gas for local market

this huge money can be spent else where in IT sector if textile arent going to deliver
 
but why would they want to export if the incentives are equally there for domestic market?
this was what the current finance ministry said..taht we are essentially not asking them to compete but making them earn more profits and more lazy to compete internationally

so they revoked the free pass of tax returns for local markets but subsidies still are there for gas for local market

this huge money can be spent else where in IT sector if textile arent going to deliver
In the name of export they sell textile products worth of 2000 billion in local market every year and they pay only 6 billions in tax.Now current govt has stopped this fraud.Now every one have to pay the sale s tax.Whoever does the export can get refund later on.
 
What kinds of investments does the textile industry need to really start increasing exports by Billions per year? (i.e. machinery, skills training on new designs, etc.)

Also what kind of ROI would investing in the Textile industry net Pakistan?; also how many people can we employ per $ Billion net exports if the current minimum wage is approx. US$100/month per worker?
 
In the name of export they sell textile products worth of 2000 billion in local market every year and they pay only 6 billions in tax.Now current govt has stopped this fraud.Now every one have to pay the sale s tax.Whoever does the export can get refund later on.
exactly right move ..
seems PM IK has found capable people and has balance his sheet with people from both sides of scale(industries and bureaucrats)
 
exactly right move ..
seems PM IK has found capable people and has balance his sheet with people from both sides of scale(industries and bureaucrats)
We have to ficus on non textile products for duversified exports. In 2010, we were exporting USD 600 million worth of live birds and about 1 billion USD worth of jems and jewellery. ri and Nawaz govt purposely destroyed these two sectors.
 
exports are still not picking up..
simply shows the textile sector isnt upto the task..
the reason are plenty one inculding a nice domestic market..unless they are given counter incentives for domestic market only than they can focus on external market

the other issues are production, lack of investment, diversification, new markets and lack of utilities

lastly Pakistan has far more opportunities in other sectors, textiles shouldn't be the only sector

But it needs quality investment, whatever sector it is. GFCF rate in Pakistan is just terribly low....everything is just essentially consumption based.
 
exports are still not picking up..
simply shows the textile sector isnt upto the task..
the reason are plenty one inculding a nice domestic market..unless they are given counter incentives for domestic market only than they can focus on external market

the other issues are production, lack of investment, diversification, new markets and lack of utilities

lastly Pakistan has far more opportunities in other sectors, textiles shouldn't be the only sector

Exports are not rising because of capacity issues. Meaning all the textile units that are viable are already operating at their maximum capacities. We need new as well as sick units that are closed to come online. However, new investments in high bank interest rates is not feasible and that is the crux of the matter. Hopefully when the stabilization process is over, we will see interest rates coming down and more people will invest to enhance capacities.
 
i think if textile sector not avail opportunities provided by govt we should stop providing them rebates and instead focus on technology ,agriculture,IT and electronics like u.k did when their textile mills started to decline they moved to other businesses
 
I think similar to Agricultural focus , we need to bring modernization incentive in Textile sector so new machines are brought and old mills are repaired modernized
 
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