Pre-requisites for a competitive textile sector
A comprehensive document by the World Bank Group, titled Modernizing Trade in Pakistan: A Policy Roadmap, presents some valuable research on the textile industry in Pakistan in terms of its…
Informal feminization of textile sector
Just as researchers have highlighted the phenomena of feminization in agriculture in Pakistan, there is a phenomenon of feminization underway informally in the textile sector of Pakistan. The feminization in…
FY22 budget: textile sector’s perspective
The Federal Budget for FY22 was announced on June 11th, 2021. The new economic team has accordingly set goals for the next two years, with an agenda characterized by two…
Sugar: health, industry, economy — II
The preponderance of sugar over other industries has contributed to the decline of our resilient cotton crop, causing hindrances to a sustainable economic future. The production statistics for major crops…
Policy measures for enhancing textile exports
Pakistan's poor trade performance in the last decade is an outcome of diminishing export competitiveness and imprudent national policies. Pakistan has had two textile policies, first five-year textile policy was…
Sugar: health, industry, economy
The role purportedly played by sugar in eroding society, environment, the health and consequently disposable income of consumers all over the world has been extremely negative. In the case of…
Textile exports: higher value addition and volumes
Textile industry has witnessed an unprecedented growth as depicted by an increase of 22% in exports in FY21 as compared to FY20 and 15% when compared to FY19. The resulting…
Innovation and investment in textiles
Textile and apparel manufacturing not only serves as a creator of jobs, but also delineates a sustainable path to industrialization, and enables value chain relationships that modernize economies and add…
Articulating a new textile vision to boost exports
The demand for textile apparel in the world reached $860 billion at the end of FY19 and it is projected to increase at a CAGR of 4.4% during the next…
Critical importance of competitive energy rates across textile value chain
The textile sector of Pakistan has immense significance for the economy, as evidenced by its contribution to the country’s GDP as its largest manufacturing and exporting sector. The sector achieved…
