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