The exports of sports good from the country witnessed positive growth of 2.96 percent during the first eleven months of the fiscal year 2011-12 against the exports of same period of previous year. The exports of sports good were recorded at US$302.206 million during July-May (2011-12) as compared to the exports of US$293.525 million during July-May (2010-11), according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Among the sports good, the major increase of 9.82 percent was recorded in the exports of footballs, as it grew from US$128.448 million to US$141.056 million. However, the exports of sports gloves decreased by 7.06 percent during the period under review, the PBS data revealed. The exports of gloves stood at US$101.016 million against the exports of US$108.687 million in 2010-11. The exports of other sports goods also increased by 6.64 percent by going up from US$56.390 million to US$60.134 million. Meanwhile, during the month of May 2012, the exports of sport goods increased by 3.39 percent as compared to the same month of last year, however witnessed decrease of 7.45 when compared to the exports of April 2012.
