The country's knitwear export went up to $1.193 billion in July-December 2017, up by just 0.17 percent, according to official figures. Rise in knitwear export in term of value comes to the tune of $1.999 million in July-December 2017 from $1.191 billion in July-December 2016, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows.

Knitwear export volume grew to 62.926 million dozens in July-December 2017 from 53.879 dozens in July-December 2016, up by 17 percent or 9.047 million dozens. In December 2016, knitwear export increased by 4.2 percent or $8.236 million to $203.763 million from $195.527 million in December 2015. With an increase of over 52 percent or 4.351 million dozens, knitwear export surged to 12.557 million dozens in December 2016 from 8.206 million dozens in December 2015.

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