July-February 2008-09: export of non-textile products surges by 25.06 percent

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ZAHEER ABBASI
ISLAMABAD (March 24 2009): The export of non-textile products surged by 25.06 per cent in the first eight months of current fiscal to $5.095 billion as against $4.074 billion for the same period of last year mainly because of growth in food and food commodities exports.

The details of trade figures released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) revealed that textile exports dipped by 5.60 per cent to $6.470 billion against $6.853 billion for the same period of last year. Except raw cotton, cotton comb and tents, canvas and tarpaulin the exports of all other products of textile have declined during July-February 2008-09.

The food products export soared by 47.31 per cent because of massive growth in export of rice. The export of rice surged by 68.77 per cent to $1.39 billion against $826 million for the period under review, fish and fish apparatus 22.46 per cent to $147 million as against $120 million. Fruits, vegetable and spices export surged by 8.41, 3.88 and 16 per cent respectively. Apart from sugar exports of all other food items showed an upward during the period.

The data showed that among textile group cotton yarn export dipped by 15.28 per cent during July February 2008-09 to $732.293 million from $864.359 million of same period of last year, cotton carded or combed by 13.81 per cent to $9.831 billion from $11.406 billion, yarn other than cotton yarn by 51.24 per cent to $17.419 million from $35.724 million, knitwear by 2.66 per cent to $1.203 billion from $1.236 billion, bed wear by 10.44 to $1.128 billion from $1.259 billion, tents, canvas and tarpulin by 21.18 per cent to $39.520 from $50.139, readymade garments by 12.43 per cent to $819.404 million from $935.689 million, art, silk & synthetic textile by 23.45 to $220.260 million from $287.721 million made up articles(excl.towels bedwear.) by 0.30 to $331.291 million from $332.282 million and other textile materials by 15.28 per cent to $150.587 million from $177.740 million.

The data revealed that the exports of textile products during the month of February went down by 13.42 per cent with raw cotton dipped by 26.82 per cent to $5.802 billion against $7.928 billion for previous month of January, cotton yarn by 0.81 to $78.151 million from $77.524 million cotton cloth by 6.32 to$116.226 million from $124.068 million, cotton carded or combed by 50 per cent to $76 million from $152 million.

Exports of knitwear dipped by 18.86 per cent to $113 million in February as against 139 million for previous month, bed wear by 21.71to $109.920 million from $140.405 million towels by 18.81 to $41.033 million from $50.540 million and tents, canvas & tarpulin to $4.380 billion from $5.146 billion. Export of sports goods showed a marginal growth with footwear going up by 16.60 per cent, surgical instruments.

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