Textiles: half of everything exported
Knitwear, bed linen, towels, yarn and fabric make up roughly half of Pakistan's goods exports. Cotton remains the backbone — from field to finished apparel for brands in the US, UK, and EU.
Exports · FY2024–25
Goods exports reached a record $32.1 billion in FY2024–25. A few product groups do most of the heavy lifting.
Total goods exports
$32.1B
+4.9% vs FY24
Record fiscal year
Textile share
~52%
of goods exports
Yarn, fabric, apparel, home textiles
IT & IT-enabled services
$3.8B
+18% vs FY24
Largest services export
By product group
Figures compiled from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics and State Bank of Pakistan publications. Provisional and rounded; fiscal years run July–June.
The stories behind the bars
Knitwear, bed linen, towels, yarn and fabric make up roughly half of Pakistan's goods exports. Cotton remains the backbone — from field to finished apparel for brands in the US, UK, and EU.
Basmati and IRRI varieties took rice exports past $4 billion in FY2024–25, making Pakistan one of the world's largest rice exporters — with Kenya, China, and the UAE among the biggest buyers.
Software development, freelance tech work, and IT-enabled services hit a record $3.8 billion — now Pakistan's largest services export, and growing far faster than goods.