Pakistan's readymade garment exports reached a historic peak of $4.18 billion in FY2025-26, up 5.5% year-on-year. According to the latest trade data, exports in this category have more than doubled over the past decade, rising from $1.97 billion in FY2015-16 to $4.18 billion this fiscal year, approaching the country's record IT export level of $4.6 billion in the same period.

Key Points

  • Pakistan's readymade garment exports reached $4.18 billion in FY2025-26, up 5.5% year-on-year, a record high.
  • Over the decade, exports doubled from $1.97 billion to $4.18 billion, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8% (Topline Securities data).
  • The scale of readymade garment exports is now close to the country's IT exports of $4.6 billion in the same fiscal year.

A Decade of Growth

Over the past decade, Pakistan's readymade garment exports expanded steadily at a CAGR of 7.8%. This trend reflects both rising international demand for Pakistan's value-added textiles and exporters' sustained efforts to gradually move away from low-value textile shipments.

Structural Shift from Raw Materials to Garments

Pakistan is working to increase the share of value-added textiles such as readymade garments in its exports and reduce excessive reliance on raw cotton, yarn, and other semi-processed textile products. The expected benefits of expanding readymade garment exports include higher foreign exchange earnings, improved export competitiveness, greater unit export value than raw-material textiles, and reduced dependence on low-value-added exports.

This record performance means the textile sector is playing an increasingly important role in Pakistan's export-oriented economic strategy, with value-added manufacturing contributing a growing share of the country's exports.

Source: Pakistan's Readymade Garment Exports Hit Record $4.18 Billion in FY26 · Originally published on 2026-09-25