Pakistan is the 4th largest producer of cotton with an annual production of around 9.5 million 480lb bales. China is the largest producer of cotton fiber with 32 million bales production in 2013-14, followed by India (29.5 million bales) and USA (12.9 million bales). Bangladesh produces just around 0.12 million bales of cotton annually but it is the second largest exporter of cotton T-shirts, singlets, and vests in the world, while Pakistan stands at number 25. Pakistan's share in the world raw cotton production is around 8%, while Bangladesh's share is just 0.1%. Nevertheless, annual Bangladeshi exports of cotton T-shirts stood at around US$4.25 billion in 2013, whereas Pakistani exports of cotton T-shirts were just US$212 million. Bangladeshi share in the world cotton T-shirt exports was 16.2%, while Pakistani share was just 0.8%. Table 1 gives a list of the top world exporters of cotton T-shirts.
Total world trade of cotton-rich textile yarns (comprising >/=85% cotton) stood at around US$14.6 billion in 2013. With around US$2.2 billion worth of exports, Pakistan managed to get a share of approximately 15% in the global trade of cotton-rich yarns. That makes Pakistan the second largest world exporter of cotton yarns in the world. While Pakistan has a good share of exports (about 15%) in the US$14.6 billion worth of cotton yarn market, its share in the US$26.3 billion worth of value-added cotton T-shirt market is just 0.8%. It is clear that something is seriously wrong in the priorities and policies set by Pakistan in terms of exports of cotton-based products. The share of low-value cotton yarn exports is too high, but the share of high-value cotton apparel is too low.
The USA is the largest importer of cotton T-shirts, and Pakistan is the 12th largest exporter to the USA. Germany is the second largest importer of cotton T-shirts, and Pakistan is the 26th largest exporter to Germany, while Bangladesh is the top exporter, followed by Turkey, China, and India. The United Kingdom is the fourth largest importer of cotton T-shirts, and Pakistan is the 16th largest exporter to the UK, while Bangladesh is the top exporter, followed by Turkey, India, China, and Sri Lanka ). The fourth largest importer of cotton T-shirts is France, and Pakistan is the 25th largest exporter to France, whereas Bangladesh is the top exporter, followed by China, India, and Turkey. The fifth largest importer of cotton T-shirts is Japan, and Pakistan is the 27th largest exporter to Japan in terms of T-shirts. The top cotton T-shirts exporter to Japan is China, followed by Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Thailand.
Total world trade of cotton-rich textile yarns (comprising >/=85% cotton) stood at around US$14.6 billion in 2013. With around US$2.2 billion worth of exports, Pakistan managed to get a share of approximately 15% in the global trade of cotton-rich yarns. That makes Pakistan the second largest world exporter of cotton yarns in the world. While Pakistan has a good share of exports (about 15%) in the US$14.6 billion worth of cotton yarn market, its share in the US$26.3 billion worth of value-added cotton T-shirt market is just 0.8%. It is clear that something is seriously wrong in the priorities and policies set by Pakistan in terms of exports of cotton-based products. The share of low-value cotton yarn exports is too high, but the share of high-value cotton apparel is too low.
The USA is the largest importer of cotton T-shirts, and Pakistan is the 12th largest exporter to the USA. Germany is the second largest importer of cotton T-shirts, and Pakistan is the 26th largest exporter to Germany, while Bangladesh is the top exporter, followed by Turkey, China, and India. The United Kingdom is the fourth largest importer of cotton T-shirts, and Pakistan is the 16th largest exporter to the UK, while Bangladesh is the top exporter, followed by Turkey, India, China, and Sri Lanka ). The fourth largest importer of cotton T-shirts is France, and Pakistan is the 25th largest exporter to France, whereas Bangladesh is the top exporter, followed by China, India, and Turkey. The fifth largest importer of cotton T-shirts is Japan, and Pakistan is the 27th largest exporter to Japan in terms of T-shirts. The top cotton T-shirts exporter to Japan is China, followed by Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Thailand.
Being the fourth largest producer of raw cotton, performance of Pakistan in the export of cotton T-shirts is extremely poor. Bangladesh has very strong position in terms of cotton T-shirts exports. Pakistan will have to make a lot of effort to compete with the regional competitors like Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, China and Turkey in order to increase its share in the international market of cotton T-shirts. Hardly any tilt in the Pak government policies and any moves in the Pak industry are visible at the moment in that direction.
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