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Feb 13, 2018
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Towel export grows to $381.232m in Jul-Dec
Feb 13, 2018
RECORDER REPORT
KARACHI: The country’s towel export grew to $381.232 million in July-Dec 2017, up by 0.33 percent, official figures say.
Growth in towel export now stands at $1.251 million in July-Dec 2017 from $379.981 million in July-Dec 2016, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows.
In term of quantity, towel export scaled up to $92,172 metric tons in July-Dec 2017 from $91.123 million in July-Dec 2016, up by 1.15 percent or metric tons.
In Dec 2017, towel export went up by 3 percent or $1.626 million to $63.838 million from $62.212 million in Dec 2016.
Towel export volume, however, surged by 7 percent or 989 metric tons to 15,151 metric tons in Dec 2017 from 14,162 metric tons in Dec 2016, statistics say.