Pakistan’s Exports of Sports Goods Increase by 2% in Three Months of FY25

The export of sport goods from the country witnessed an increase of 2.13 percent during the first three months of the current fiscal year (2024-25) as compared to the same period last year.  The country exported sport goods worth $93.087 million during July-September (2024-25) as opposed to the export of $91.148 million during July-September (2023-24), showing growth of 2.13 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).  Among the sports products, the exports of footballs rose by 1.95 percent, surging from US$ 55.260 million last year to $56.338 million during the current year.  The gloves exports also increased by 7.92 percent by going up from $14.636 million last year to $15.795 million during the current year, the PBS data revealed.  Likewise, the exports of all other sports goods dipped by 1.40 percent to $21.252 million from $20.954 million last year.  Meanwhile, on a year-on-year basis, the sports goods export witnessed a decrease of 1.90 percent in September 2024 as opposed to the export of the same month of last year.  The sports goods exports in September 2024 were recorded at $31.104 million against exports of $31.705 million in September 2023.  During the month, the export of gloves and all other sports products increased by 24.74 and 0.25 percent respectively whereas the export of footballs witnessed a decrease of 9.76 percent.   Meanwhile, on a month-on-month basis, the exports of sports goods witnessed a decline of 4.66 percent during September 2024, in contrast to the exports of $32.624 million in August 2024, the PBS data revealed.  On a month-on-month basis, the exports of gloves increased by 38.40 percent while the exports of footballs and other sports commodities decreased by 15.82 and 0.13 percent respectively.