Exports of textile and clothing products witnessed an increase of 5.96 per cent in July-May 2014 from a year ago, mainly owing to a slight increase in export of value-added products.
The export value of such products surged to $12.626 billion in the first 11 months of the outgoing fiscal year as against $11.916bn over the corresponding period of last year, showed data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics here on Monday.
Only nine textile products witnessed positive export growth among all textile and clothing categories.
In May, exports of textile and clothing witnessed a marginal growth of 1.19pc over the corresponding period of last year.