Pakistan’s textile and apparel export value declined

Pakistan’s textile and apparel export value declined by US$48 million to US$1.527 billion in Sep 2022, down by 3 percentage points month-on-month, yet up 2.68% from last year. This year, the textile and apparel export orders to European and American market flowed back to Southeast Asia, which boosted Pakistan's textile and apparel exports to some extent. So far, this year's monthly textile export value were all higher than the same period last year, but had been lower than the monthly average of this year for three consecutive months. At the same time, Pakistan's textile and apparel import value in September decreased sharply to 293 million US dollars, down by nearly 20%.