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.