Exports of various sports goods increased by 5.39 per cent, during the first quarter of the current fiscal year, when compared against the same period last year. The overall sports goods’ exports during July-September (2011- 12) stood at $79.469 million against the exports of $75.407 million during July -September (2010-11), Federal Bureau of Statistics reported. Among the sports products, the exports of footballs surged by 16.38 per cent by increasing from $31.931 million in July-September (2010-11) to $37.161 million during the same period of current fiscal year.
The exports of gloves increased from $28.977 million last year to $.32.358 million this year, showing an increase of 11.67 per cent, according to FBS provisional figures. However, the exports of other sports good witnessed negative growth of 31.37 per cent by falling from $14.499 million in 2010-11 to $0.862 million in 2011-12. On the other hand, the exports of sports goods increased by 0.88 per cent during September 2011 as compared to the exports of the same month of last year.
