Pakistan continued to perform well in its denim exports to the USA.
In January to April 2018 period, Pakistan escalated by a commendable 29.66 per cent to reach US $ 70.74 million figure, beating its own export revenues of last year which were just US $ 54.55 million in the same period.
On the yearly note, Pakistan grew its denim apparel export value by 29.66 per cent, a figure which could be held responsible for the Pakistan’s slow but steady revival of overall textile and clothing export industry.
According to the latest figures released by OTEXA and analysed by Apparel Resources, denim trouser from Pakistan remained the key export product. Men and Boys (MB) denim trousers earned US $ 25.28 million (up 21.65%) for Pakistan through exports to the USA.
Whereas, continuing robust performance in the export of Women and Girls’ (WG) denim trousers, Pakistan posted a massive growth of 38.33 per cent to clock US $ 44.71 million in the mentioned period.
Other denim products such as skirts and jackets too noted surge though the value-wise exports of these categories could not steer the overall denim export figures of Pakistan.
Denim skirt exports from Pakistan to the USA valued at US $ 0.23 million (up 15.23%), whereas jacket shipment value stood at US $ 0.42 million (up 101.13%) in Jan.-Apr. ’18 period.
It’s pertinent to mention here that overall denim apparel import by the USA was US $ 996.29 million during the review period and Pakistan had just 7.1 per cent share in this import value.
