Garments export up by four percent in 1H

Pakistan's ready-made garments export grew up by $1.294 million to $1.044 billion during July-December 2015-16, according to Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS).The statistics released by the FBS showed that the garments export went up by four per cent from$1.006 billion during July-December 2014-15.However, in terms of volume, the ready-made garments export declined by 0.44pc to 15,027,000dozens in July-December 2015-16 from 15,094,000 dozens in July-December 2014-15.In December 2015, the garment export mounted byfive per cent or $9.291 million to $196.765 millionfrom $187.474 million in December 2014.Export volume of garments in December 2015 alsoincreased by five per cent or 132,000 dozens to 2,860,000 dozens in December 2015 from 2,728,000 dozens in December 2014.News SourceNews Collated byPAKISSAN.comCourtesy Business Recorder