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Pakistan’s exports to the European Union (EU) in the first 11 months (January-November) of 2015 has plunged from $6.96billion to $6.13 billion in the same period last year, a drop of 11.93 percent, indicating that the preferential market access has failed to boost dwindling exports.
The commerce ministry listed two reasons for the decline: the recession in EU and depreciation of the euro against dollar.
Exports of textile garments dropped to $2.289bn from $2.291bn. Home textile exports dipped 8.51pc to $1.461bn from $1.597bn in January-November 2014.