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The textile industry is Pakistan's largest manufacturing sector, employing nearly 25 million people. [1] [2] As the eighth largest exporter of textile commodities in Asia, the industry contributes 8.5% to the country's Gross domestic product. [3] It accounts for about 45% of the total labor force and 38% of manufacturing workers.
Chenab's textile unit used to process and convert more than 70 million meters of fabric every year into made-ups and garment products. Chenab is capable of producing multiple products. Chenab has 19,200 spindles at its spinning unit with in-house space of 520,000 square feet (48,000 m 2). Chenab's weaving unit is equipped with 250 airjet looms ...
Pakistan's industrial sector (in FY21) accounts for 28.11% of the GDP. Of this, manufacturing makes up 12.52%, mining constitutes 2.18%, construction makes up 2.05%, and electricity and gas 1.36%. The majority of industry is made up of textile units, with textiles contributing $15.4b to exports, making up 56% of total exports.
The Sindh Industrial & Trading Estate was established in 1947 and has grown into the largest industrial area in Pakistan with more than 2,000 industrial units on 4,500 acres (18 km 2) of land west of the Lyari River. The estate benefits from the proximity of the Port of Karachi and various roads linking to the rest of Pakistan. The town grew up ...
Beginning in the 1960s, the town began to again experience economic growth and development of infrastructure. At this time a number of schools, hospitals, and textile factories were constructed within the town. [4] Today, textile manufacturing is the dominant industry within Chak Jhumra.
The cotton and textile industries play a dominant role in exports; [14] cotton accounts for 55 percent of the country's export earnings, and Pakistan has a 14% share of the world's cloth exports. [2] The European Union (EU) granted Generalized System of Preferences "Plus" status to Pakistan in 2013, which has promoted textile exports to the EU. [9]
The Pakistan Textile City, situated in Karachi, Sindh, is an industrial zone dedicated to textile processing and related industries. Established in 2009, it spans 1,250 acres, [ 1 ] and is strategically located within the North Western Industrial Zone of Port Qasim , just 6 km from the N-5 National Highway .
According to the Economic complexity index, Pakistan is the 67th largest export economy in the world and the 106th most complex economy. [10] During the fiscal year 2015–16, Pakistan's exports stood at US$20.81 billion and imports at US$44.76 billion, resulting in a negative trade balance of US$23.96 billion. [11]