Pakistan’s Readymade Garment Exports Hit Highest Level in FY26
Source Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror
Pakistan’s readymade garment exports climbed to a record $4.18 billion in FY2025-26, marking a 5.5 percent year-on-year increase and setting a new all-time high for the country’s value-added textile sector.
This is almost as much as Pakistan’s IT exports of record $4.6 billion reported during the same period,
The latest figures show that readymade garment exports have more than doubled over the past decade from $1.97 billion in FY2015-16 to $4.18 billion in FY2025-26.
According to Topline Securities, the sector recorded a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8 percent during the 10-year period.
Pakistan is still trying to shift toward value-added textile exports. This could help generate higher export earnings compared with raw cotton, yarn, and other semi-processed textile products.
The country seeks to boost foreign exchange earnings, improve export competitiveness, and reduce reliance on low-value textile exports.
Reference Link:- https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/02/pakistans-readymade-garment-exports-hit-highest-level-in-fy26/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
