Report on Textile Industry of Pakistan
Report on Textile Industry of Pakistan
Textile Industry of Pakistan
Yasin Ahmed
Research Assistant
Table of Contents Page
1. Overview of the Textile industry 2. Global Developments 3. Domestic Overview 4. Export Performance of Textile Industry 5. Ancillary Textile Industry i) Cotton Spinning Sector ii) Cloth Sector iii) Textile Made-Up Sector iv) Synthetic Fiber Manufacturing Sector v) Filament Yarn Manufacturing Industry vi) Art Silk and Synthetic Weaving Industry vii) Woolen Industry 5. Cotton Textile Statistics 6. Economic and Social Indicators 7. Decline in Textile industry growth 8. Conclusion 9. Bibliography 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 12 13
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Report on Textile Industry of Pakistan Overview of the textile Industry:
The textile sector enjoys a pivotal position in the exports of Pakistan. In Asia, Pakistan is the 8thlargest exporter of textile products. The contribution of this industry to the total GDP is 8.5%. It provides employment to about 15 million people, 30% of the country work force of about 49million. The annual volume of total world textile trade is US$18 trillion which is growing at 2.5 percent. Out of it, Pakistan’s share is less than one per cent. The development of the Manufacturing Sector has been given the highest priority since Pakistan’s founding with major stress on Agro-Based Industries. For Pakistan which was one of the leading producers of cotton in the world, the development of a Textile Industry making full use of its abundant resources of cotton has been a priority area towards industrialization. At present, there are 1,221 ginning units, 442 spinning units, 124 large spinning units and 425 small units which produce textile products. The industry consists of large-scale organized sector and a highly fragmented cottage / small-scale sector. The various sectors that are a part of the textile value chain are: Spinning, most of the spinning industry operates in an organized manner with in-house weaving, dying and
Textile Industry of Pakistan
Yasin Ahmed
Research Assistant
Table of Contents Page
1. Overview of the Textile industry 2. Global Developments 3. Domestic Overview 4. Export Performance of Textile Industry 5. Ancillary Textile Industry i) Cotton Spinning Sector ii) Cloth Sector iii) Textile Made-Up Sector iv) Synthetic Fiber Manufacturing Sector v) Filament Yarn Manufacturing Industry vi) Art Silk and Synthetic Weaving Industry vii) Woolen Industry 5. Cotton Textile Statistics 6. Economic and Social Indicators 7. Decline in Textile industry growth 8. Conclusion 9. Bibliography 2 3 4 4 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 12 13
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Report on Textile Industry of Pakistan Overview of the textile Industry:
The textile sector enjoys a pivotal position in the exports of Pakistan. In Asia, Pakistan is the 8thlargest exporter of textile products. The contribution of this industry to the total GDP is 8.5%. It provides employment to about 15 million people, 30% of the country work force of about 49million. The annual volume of total world textile trade is US$18 trillion which is growing at 2.5 percent. Out of it, Pakistan’s share is less than one per cent. The development of the Manufacturing Sector has been given the highest priority since Pakistan’s founding with major stress on Agro-Based Industries. For Pakistan which was one of the leading producers of cotton in the world, the development of a Textile Industry making full use of its abundant resources of cotton has been a priority area towards industrialization. At present, there are 1,221 ginning units, 442 spinning units, 124 large spinning units and 425 small units which produce textile products. The industry consists of large-scale organized sector and a highly fragmented cottage / small-scale sector. The various sectors that are a part of the textile value chain are: Spinning, most of the spinning industry operates in an organized manner with in-house weaving, dying and
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