A decrease of 9.68% has been witnessed in the exports of sports goods. Exports have come to $308.746 million in the year 2018-19 whereas, the exports for the last fiscal year were $341.820, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Among the sports products, the exports of footballs decreased by 3.75%, going down from $166.881 million last year to $160.625 million during the fiscal year under review.
The exports of gloves decreased from $120.913 million to $96.833 million, showing a decline of 19.92%. The exports of all other sports products went down from $54.026 million to $51.288 million, witnessing a decrease of 5.07%.
Meanwhile, on a year-on-year basis, the export of sports products during June 2019 decreased by 19.87% to $23.517 million when compared with the exports of $29.347 million during June 2018. Similarly, the exports of footballs decreased by 8.85% while the exports of gloves and other sports products increased by 36.49% and 16.68% year-on-year in June respectively.
On a month-on-month basis, the exports of sports products saw a downward trend by 4.89% in June 2019 when compared with the exports of $29.673 million in May 2019, the data revealed. During the month under review, the exports of footballs decreased by 22.77% while the exports of gloves and other sports products went up by 17.47% and 19.37% respectively.
