Textile exports rise 8.1% YoY in September
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
MG News | October 20, 2025 at 04:45 PM GMT+05:00
Pakistan’s total textile exports went up by 8.1% to Rs1.59bn year-on-year in September 2025. Likewise, on a month-on-month basis, the exports of the same group registered an increase of 13.38% compared to exports worth $1.4bn in August 2025.
Cumulatively in 3MFY26, the textile exports increased by 7.31% YoY to $4.57bn compared to $4.26bn in 3MFY25.
The total exports as per BOP for September clocked in at $2.63bn, up by 0.53% YoY compared to $2.62bn in September 2026.
Likewise, every month, exports increased by 5.37% MoM.
In September 2025, Textile Group products remained the major exportable goods for Pakistan as this group accounted for 60.46% of the total exports.
During the review month, key contributing products under the textile head were Knitwear ($452.32m), Readymade Garments ($356.31m), and Bed Wear ($291.49m).
Knitwear exports rose by 19.7%, Readymade Garments exports increased by 2.11%, and the inflow of foreign currency through Bed Wear moved up by 14.06%.
The food group remained the second most contributing group in total exports. The export value of this group stood at $369.68m, showing a significant decline of 24.45% YoY compared to $489.31m in September 2026.
Conversely, every month, the exports from the respective group rose by 6.74% MoM compared to $346.34m in August 2025.
Collectively in 3MFY26, the earnings from food group exports decreased by 25.83% YoY to $1.13bn compared to $1.53bn in 3MFY25.
Under the same group, Rice remained the major source of foreign exchange earnings as the export value of the commodity during September 2025 stood at $120.31m marking an increase of 4.75% MoM and 39.45% YoY.
The export of Oil Seeds, Nuts and Kernels stood at $14.28m in September, declining by 70.22% YoY and 209.09% MoM compared to $47.94m in September 2026 and $4.62m in August 2025 respectively.
Going forward, the exports of surgical goods & medical instruments rose by 3.38% YoY to clock in at $39.71m.
The exports of leather manufacturers also saw a positive trend as they went up by 7% YoY to $59.95m in September 2025.
Similarly, sports goods foreign earnings increased by 18.81% YoY to $38.59m in September 2025.
However, when compared with the figure of $38.1m in August 2025, the export of sports goods has improved by 1.29% MoM.
Inflow through the chemical and pharmaceutical products decreased by 21.31% YoY to $102.89m in September 2023 compared to $130.75m in SPLY.
The data further shows that the share of the Petroleum group in the country’s total export basket was only 2.12% in September 2025.
During the review period, the country earned $55.67m from exports of petroleum products, declining by 21.67% YoY.
Reference Link:- https://mettisglobal.news/Textile-exports-rise-81-YoY-in-September-56060
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.…
