Knitwear export grew by over 10 percent to $1.667 billion in July-March 2013-14, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said. Export of knitwear increased by $154 million in July-March 2013-14 as compared to $1.513 billion in the same period last fiscal year, the PBS said. The volume of knitwear export went up by 10,862,000 (15 percent) to 84,248,000 dozens in July-March 2013-14 as compared to 73,386,000 dozens in the same period last fiscal year, the official figures said.
On an annual basis, knitwear export mounted by $37.053 million (24.12 percent) to $184.571 million in March 2014 as compared to $147.518 million in March 2013, the statistics indicated. In terms of quantity, knitwear export surged by 2,076,000 dozens (25 percent) to 10,548,000 dozens in March 2014 as compared to 8,472,000 dozens in March 2013, the PBS said.