SWOT analysis of Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry

Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry is one of the significant players of global textile and clothing trade as well as being a corner stone for its national economy. Although Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry possesses abundant raw material resources (cotton) and cheap and abundant labour...

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Published inIndustria textilă (Bucharest, Romania : 1994) Vol. 69; no. 6; pp. 502 - 510
Main Authors SEHER, KANAT, SADAF AFTAB, ABBASI, MAZHAR HUSSAIN, PEERZADA, TURAN, ATILGAN
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bucharest The National Research & Development Institute for Textiles and Leather - INCDTP 01.01.2018
Subjects
Clothing industry
Cotton
Decision analysis
Economic growth
Exports
GDP
Government executives
Gross Domestic Product
International trade
Labor force
Manufacturing
Raw materials
SWOT analysis
Textile industry
Value added
Yarn
Pakistan
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Summary:Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry is one of the significant players of global textile and clothing trade as well as being a corner stone for its national economy. Although Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry possesses abundant raw material resources (cotton) and cheap and abundant labour, it has confronted with many issues in recent years. At this point, SWOT analysis is one of the methods which can be used for the analysis of current situation. This research aims to reveal the present situation of Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry with SWOT analysis. Thus, a gap can be filled in which academic studies are inadequate. Besides, the study contributes to the strategy development of Pakistan’s textile and clothing companies and government executives. In accordance with the aim of the research, the strengths and weakness of Pakistan’s textile and clothing industry are determined primarily. Afterwards, opportunities and threats, which can be faced within national and international textile and clothing trade are analyzed. Finally, the obtained data are analyzed and evaluated and suggestions are made for the future of the industry.
ISSN:1222-5347
DOI:10.35530/IT.069.06.1488