However, during first three quarters of current financial year, exports of the towel from the country decreased by 3.18 percent as were recorded at 132,723 metric tons.
Towels worth of US$ 578.24 million were exported during the period from July-March, 2016-17 as compared the exports of 597.1 million of the corresponding period of last year.
However, in last 9 months, exports of bed wear grew by 5.11 percent and about 263,814 metric tons of the bed wear worth US$ 1.585 billion exported as compared the exports of 244,295 metric ton valuing of US$ 1.508 billion of same period of last year.
On month on month basis, exports of bed wear increased by 5.43 percent and were recorded at 29,259 metric tons valuing US$ 180 million as against the exports of 28,995 metric tons worth of US$ 171.182 million of same month of last year.
It may be recalled that textile group exports from the country during month of March grew by 6.16 percent and reached at US$ 1.64 billion as compared the exports of US$ 1.03 billion of same month of last year.
During last nine months textile goods worth US$ 9.278 billion exported as compared the exports of US$ 9.362 billion of same period of last year.