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Current Challenges and Opportunities in Pakistan's Textile Industry

Four thousand years ago, the Harappa civilization of Pakistan gave the country the tradition of weaving and spinning. This age-old tradition has been carried on by Pakistan, which has grown to be the eighth largest exporter in Asia of textile products. Pakistan is the fourth largest cotton producer in Asia, after India and China. It also has the highest spinning capacity in Asia. Pakistan has 442 spinning mills and 1260 ginning units. There are also 2550 garment manufacturing firms, 600 knitting producing units, and 600 garment manufacturing units. To export to countries such as the USA , Hong Kong, Germany, France, Italy, France and Netherlands, textile products such as carpets, rugs and towels, home textiles and hosiery, and Afghanistan, are made here. The strong foundation of Pakistan's economy is textile. Nearly 50% of total international exports are textile products and garments. They account for almost 8.5 percent of GDP and 38.9% of the country's labor force. As far