{"id":16621,"date":"2025-03-23T05:43:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T05:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=16621"},"modified":"2025-03-23T05:43:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T05:43:56","slug":"pakistans-apparel-exports-hit-record-6-2b-in-eight-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=16621","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan\u2019s apparel exports hit record $6.2B in eight months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>Minister urges textile sector to explore emerging markets for sustained growth<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s apparel exports surged to a record high of $6.2 billion during the first eight months of FY 2024-25, marking a 19% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The figures were presented to Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan in a meeting with Special Secretary Commerce Shakeel Ahmed Mangnejo and Director General (Textile) Mudassar Raza Siddiqi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siddiqi noted that despite economic headwinds, the textile industry regained momentum with a 9.3% growth rate. However, he pointed out that Pakistan, once the world\u2019s third-largest cotton producer, has now dropped to sixth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comparing Pakistan with Brazil, he emphasised that Pakistan\u2019s cotton yield remains significantly lower due to a lack of modern farming techniques and technology adoption. He urged a shift toward climate-resilient seed varieties, mechanised farming, and precision agriculture to revive cotton production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Jam Kamal Khan stressed the need for targeted interventions, including reducing manufacturing costs, expanding to non-traditional markets, and improving sustainability practices. He expressed optimism that strategic efforts and policy support would further boost textile and apparel exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/profit.pakistantoday.com.pk\/2025\/03\/22\/pakistans-apparel-exports-hit-record-6-2b-in-eight-months\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/profit.pakistantoday.com.pk\/2025\/03\/22\/pakistans-apparel-exports-hit-record-6-2b-in-eight-months\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister urges textile sector to explore emerging markets for sustained growth Pakistan\u2019s apparel exports surged to a record high of $6.2 billion during the first eight months of FY 2024-25, marking a 19% increase compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The figures were presented to Federal Minister for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[14882,14884,132,14883,2267,105,36,14885,2364],"class_list":["post-16621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-apparel-exports","tag-apparel-sector-boost","tag-economy","tag-emerging-market","tag-exports","tag-geopolitics-2","tag-pakistan","tag-pakistans-apparel-exports-hit-record-6-2b-in-eight-months","tag-textile"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16623,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16621\/revisions\/16623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}