PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN
Footwear
SPORTSWEAR
INDUSTRY
Industry
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international markets. share details and showcase
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contacts and information

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PRODUCT PROFILE
INTRODUCTION
The footwear industry is an important sector in the Pakistani economy,
particularly in the region of Lahore. The main strength of the footwear industry
The history of sports goods manufacturing in Sialkot The Sportswear industry is mostly based on polyes-
is the availability of top quality leather in the country. Pakistan is a hub for the
is more than 100 years old. Now, Pakistan is known ter made garments but cotton base garments have
production of high quality leather and the leather goods industry is a big
as trusted supply market for world class products a special place in the main products supplied to all
for brands like; Adidas, Nike, Mikasa, Puma, Reebok, over the world. Sportswear manufacturing industry
Diadora, Baden and many more. is striving hard to recognizing itself as a hallmark
of quality as has done for sports goods products.
The industry has evolved itself ever since and has Being promising value-added sector, Athleisure
diversified itself into a wide range of product lines manufacturers are utilizing their best marketing
ranging from Sportswear, Sports Uniforms, Sports efforts to gain special place for in renowned
Safety/Protective Apparel & Gears, Soccer Balls, sportswear stores around the world.
Cricket
the Bats 6401
categories & Balls, Fitness Goods and Apparel,
to 6406
Martial Arts, MMA Gear, Body Building Apparel The strength of Pakistan’s sportswear industry is in,
and Gear, Fencing Equipment, Composite Based presence of internationally recognized skilled labour,
Hockey Sticks, Paddle Rackets, Motorbike Apparel quality manufacturing, continuous R&D for style/
& Shoes, Sports Bags, Cycling Suits, Hunting Knives, design/ innovations, adaptation of latest technology,
Fishing
64 Instruments,
FOOTWEAR,Sports Gloves etc.
GAITERS, & THE LIKE state of art infrastructure, compliance of quality
standards, CSR, environmental standards, ethical
6401 Waterproof Footwear, Rubber
The Sportswear is emerging sector of the category, Or Plastics, Bond Sole
business practices and visionary entrepreneurship
as 6402
per the nomenclature of product
Footwear, Outer Sole &itUpper
categories in Or Plastichave
Rubber Nesoi contributed to the evolution of Sportswear
textile sector but its composition, manufacturing industry.
6403
techniques, Footwear,
style, designs,Outer
utilitySole
makeRub, Plastic
close Or Lea & Upper Lea
proximi-
ty with
6404sports Footwear,
goods sector.
Outer Sole Rub, Plastic Or Lea & Upper TheTex sportswear manufacturers of Pakistan are
competing with other countries in quality standard
6405 Footwear Nesoi and price.

6406 Parts Of Footwear: Insoles Etc.: Gaiters Etc., Parts

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 Production Capacity and Local
PRODUCT PROFILE
Consumption
“SPORTSWEAR OR ACTIVEWEAR IS CLOTHING, INCLUDING FOOTWEAR,
The Cottage Industry supplies bulk of the domestic needs according to the
WORN FOR SPORT OR PHYSICAL EXERCISE. SPORT-SPECIFIC CLOTHING
IS WORN FOR MOST SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EXERCISE, FOR PRACTICAL,
COMFORT OR SAFETY REASONS”.
production capacity of 2,500 pairs per day, while the larger units produce as

TOP SPORTSWEAR GOODS

The total requirement
EXPORTED of footwear in
BY PAKISTAN Pakistan is around 600 million pairs
per year. It is estimated that women buy between 4-6 pairs of footwear per
yearProduct
and men 1-2. For children the average is 1-3 pairs. This usage is very low
as Tracksuits,
the global average is 8-10 pairs for women per year, whereas 2-4 pairs of
footwear
Shorts are purchased by men every year .

T-Shirts

Geography
Polo Shirts

Swimsuits

TheWetLahore
Suits (Forcluster
Diving Or(Lahore,
Surfing), Gujranwala and Sheikhupura) is the major
footwear producing area accounting for more than half of the total footwear
Ski Suits (For Skiing)
production. Other key areas in Pakistan for footwear production include
Leotards (For Gymnastics).
Karachi and Sialkot. These three cities account for 86% of total production
Sports Bra.
capacity in the country .
Casual Fashion

Uniforms

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Footwear Sector Trading and Growth
TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES OF SPORTSWEAR:
Product Exports in 2016 Exports in 2017 Exports in 2018 Exports in 2019

China 810220 695904 718288 835591

Pakistan 450720 529199 585360 611072

Cambodia 1458463 1358029 1264557 568872

Viet Nam Exported Exported Exported

318097 259308 261941 Exported288907 Exported
Importers value in value in value in
India 320275 3054582016 229204 value in 2018
267253 value in 2019
2015 2017
Italy 134650 163345 182522 211507

Bangladesh
World 131374 116,861 108,287
147031 99,887
170365 117,221 188398 135,313

TOP EXPORT
Germany DESTINATION
24,533 OF PAKISTAN:
25,426 28,696 32,024 33,656
Top 5 export destinations of "Sportswear"
16,118from Pakistan in 2019:
Italy 14,583 16,783 18,239 20,681
Product Exports in 2015 Exports in 2016 Exports in 2017 Exports in 2018 Exports in 2019
United States of
3,743 3,757 4,172 7,005 12,622
America
United States of America 176798 158547 158547 158547 158547

United Kingdom 101185 99241 99241 99241 99241

Saudi Arabia 3,549 7,314 7,253 7,593 12,094
Spain 27199 33876 33876 33876 33876
United Kingdom 9,733 10,671 7,228 8,890 9,459
Netherlands 9731 8352 8352 8352 8352

Germany
Netherlands 18316
7,919 7,492
24717
6,721
24717 24717
7,497
24717
9,380

Belgium Spain 315977,864 6,318

35884 5,232
35884 358845,355 35884 5,005
France France 170895,192 4,833
23720 4,140
23720 237204,621 23720 4,676
Italy 11853 14700 14700 14700 14700
Belgium 2,826 2,056 1,647 2,960 3,328
Canada 7596 8392 8392 8392 8392
Yemen 1,602 953 915 1,309 3,068
United Arab Emirates 3060 3681 3681 3681 3681

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 Footwear Sector Trading and Growth
It is interesting to note that since Pakistan is a 7th biggest consumer of footwear in the world, therefore, as can be

LIST OF PRODUCTS EXPORTED BY PAKISTAN:

Imported Imported Imported
Imported Imported
Exporters value in value in value in (VALUE IN US$000)
value in 2018 value in 2019
2015 2016 2017
Exported value Exported value Exported value Exported value Exported value
HS Code Product Label in 2015 in 2016 in 2017 in 2018 in 2019

World
Sportswear 92,426 103,075 111,958 94,271 72,337
Men's or boys' shirts of textile materials,
'610590 China
knitted or crocheted (excluding of 83,180
cotton 93,253
262,020 252,51999,942 311,184 85,095
333,706 66,581
328,572
or man-made)
Viet Nam 1,894 2,306 2,913 3,297 2,087
Men's or boys' jackets and blazers of textile
'610339 materials (excluding of wool, fine 112,442 127,901 146,752 179,684 172,355
Thailand
animal hair, ...) 2,355 2,787 3,021 1,116 713

Indonesia 1,821
Women's or girls' trousers, bib and brace 1,467 1,120 768 651
'610469 overalls, breeches and shorts of textile 41,406 52,368 59,103 62,032 77,136
materials, ...
Iran, Islamic Republic of 56 59 82 346 412
Men's or boys' tracksuits and other
United garments,
'621132 Arab Emirates
n.e.s. of cotton (excluding 95 14,580 144 11,951 199 7,560 2496,012 251
27,476
knitted or crocheted)
Malaysia 628 483 596 323 245
'611212 Track-suits of synthetic fibres, knitted 6,446 5,981 4,600 3,926 5,533
or crocheted
Brazil 65 509 1,342 902 241

Cambodia 102 218 82 152 191

United Kingdom 349 404 583 228 143

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PAKISTAN’S TOP EXPORTERS OF SPORTSWEAR:
PAKISTAN’S TOP EXPORTERS
K.M.ASHRAF & SONS(Pvt) Ltd
PULL AIK AMINABAD ROAD,
SIALKOT
S. No.
AQR TRADERS (REGD)
1
P.O. BOX, 2284, NASIR ROAD,
SIALKOT
2 Elegant
ASHRAF INDUSTRIES (Pvt)EPCT
Ltd !(Pvt)
127-133 C,SMALL INDUSTRIES
4
ESTATE, SIALKOT Fircos Shoes, Sialkot
TEMPO ENTERPRISES
6
PARIS ROAD, SIALKOT
8
PENNA OVERSEAS CORP.
38-A, Main Gulberg
9 Lahore
10
11
CAPITAL SPORTS CORP.
P.O.BOX: 393, KASHMIR ROAD,
PACCAGARHA,12 SIALKOT Service industries,
SWISSPO SPORTS(MFG)CO.
14
SWISSPO ROAD CHRISTIAN
TOWN.P.OBOX # 1779 SIALKOT
SPRY SPORTS CORP.
16
DASKA ROAD GHUINKEE,
SIALKOT
HELICON 18
ENTERPRISES
PLOT #.5,GARDEN
19 TOWN,DASKA
U.E
ROAD,BUTTER, SIALKOT
20
! KH.MUSHARAF IQBAL ! QAISER IQBAL BARYAR
TALON SPORTS (PVT) LTD.
" 0301-8610437 " 0300-8617785
DASKA ROAD ADAH, P.O.BOX
# musharaf@kmappreal.com
2664, SIALKOT # qiqbal@talonsports.com
Name of Company
! MR.QAISER PERVAIZ RAJCO INDUSTRIES ! MR.SHABAZ RAFIQUE
Bata "Pakistan,
459365000 Lahore RAJCO BUILDING,NOUL.P.O.HARRAR, " 0322-7033656
WAZIRABAD ROAD, SIALKOT
# info@aqrtrds.com # info@rajco.com.pk
(Pvt) Ltd, Lahore
Ltd,
MR.SAJJAD Lahore
AKHTAR KHOKHAR AWAN SPORTS ! QASIM MASOOD KHAWAJA
INDUSTRIES(Pvt) Ltd
" 0300-8617686 " 0342-2888444
ADHA SOHOWALA WAZIRABAD
# qasim@fgear.pk
# ashraf@skt.comsats.net.pk ROAD, SIALKOT
Firhaj Footwear, Lahore
! MAJOR(R) MANSOOR AHMED ! MR. ALI IMRAN SHABBIR
ALI TRADING CO (PVT) LTD
Khawaja Tanneries, Multan
" 0300-8619908 " 0333-8611155
P.O.BOX: 8, DAKWALA, DASKA
Khokher Enterprises
# info@temposports.com ROAD,SIALKOT # alitra@alitradingco.com
Mansha Khan
! MR.TAHIR Leather,
SALEEM MIRZA Multan NEW WAYS INDUSTRIES ! MR.AMJID AZIZ PUR
0300-8617725
New "Long Life Shoes, Lahore P.O.BOX:1681, SHITABH GARA,NEAR " 0301 8610920
AJMAL GARDEN, SIALKOT
# tahir@penna.com.pk # shabaz@newwas-ind.com
Raja Industries, Sialkot
COMET SPORTS (PVT) LTD ! RIAZ UD DIN SHEIKH
Service Global Footwear, Lahore
! DR.NOUMAN IDRIS BUTT
P.O.BOX:366, PLOT NO.57, 58 & 59S " 3252001/ 3252002
" 0300-8616575
I.E., SIALKOT
Lahore # comet@skt.comsats.net.pk
# capitalsport@gmail.com
TRADERS DE PAK ! MR. KHALID EJAZ SHAIKH
! ABDUL SATTAR
1-KM DASKA ROAD, PAKKI " 0300 6157885
" 4264920 / 42649210 KOTLI, 51310-SIALKOT
# info@tradersdepak.com
Sigma Shoes (pvt) Ltd, Sialkot
! MR.NADEEM GHULAM
Simba Enterprises, Lahore J.S.D.SPORTS PVT LTD ! MUHAMMAD UMER MIR
" 652719400
" 4603270 / 4603271
MIR STREET, MIR MOHAMMAD
Simba Shoes, Lahore
# sprypak@sprysports.net YOUNAS ROAD, SIALKOT
# jsdmir04@gjr.paknet.com.pk
Starlet Innovations,Lahore
! MR.UMER UZ ZAMAN
! MIRZA KHALID IQBAL
" 0300-8616744
(Pvt) Ltd , Lahore VITAL (PVT) LTD
" 4263331 / 4263332
WAZIRABAD ROAD, SIALKOT.
Urban Sole, Lahore # info@vital.com.pk
tdap.gov.pk/pakistani-exporters
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Mr. Zain ul Abdin
Assistant Director (Product Office)
Contact No. +92 34-8175581
Email: dr.zain@tdap.gov.pk