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Pakistan textile exports to the European Union increased from 545,698 metric tonnes in 2013 to 662,475 metric tonnes in 2015, a 21.3 percent increase. On the other hand, exports from the country during March 2016 witnessed negative growth of 9.55 percent and reached to $1.742 billion compared to the exports of 1.926 billion in March 2015.

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The total volume of Egyptian cotton exports witnessed increase during the second quarter of the 2014-15 agricultural season, to reach 246,000 metric quintals, growth by 94.3 percent year-on-year, compared to 126,600 metric quintals exported in the same period during the last season, according to a Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Increase in export is attributed to the low Egyptian cotton prices due to the increased inventory of cotton since the previous season.

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Pakistan textile exports witnessed increase by 2.94 percent recording $1.081 billion in April against the exports of of $1.05 billion same month of last year. Similarly on month on month basis the textile group exports in April also increased by 4.6 percent from $1.033 billion in March 2014 to $1.081 billion in April, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

The textile products that witnessed increase in trade include cotton carded or combed export of which increased by 2.49 percent, by going up from $6.1 million last year to $6.253 million this year.