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Pakistan’s textile exports during the first ten months (July-April) 2015-16 of the current fiscal witnessed the negative growth of 7.72 percent at $10.395 billion compared to $11.265 billion in last financial year, said Minister for Commerce Khurram Dastigir Khan on Wednesday.
The textile products that contributed to the negative growth of textile trade, included cotton yarn, exports of which dropped by 32 percent from $1.590 billion last year to $1.081 billion during the current fiscal year.
