Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, uMcebisi wezeShishini weNkulumbuso yasePakistan uDawood utyhile ukuba kwisiqingatha sokuqala sonyaka-mali ka-2020/21, ukuthunyelwa kwempahla yasekhaya ngaphandle kunyuke nge-16% unyaka nonyaka ukuya kwi-US$2.017 yeebhiliyoni; ukuthunyelwa kwempahla ngaphandle kunyuke nge-25% ukuya kwi-US$1.181 yeebhiliyoni; ukuthunyelwa kwempahla ngaphandle kwekhava kunyuke nge-57% ukuya kwi-6,200 yeedola zaseMelika ezilishumi lamawaka.

Phantsi kwempembelelo yobhubhane omtsha we-crown, nangona uqoqosho lwehlabathi luye lwachaphazeleka ngamanqanaba ahlukeneyo, ukuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwePakistan kuye kwaqhubeka nokunyuka, ingakumbi ixabiso lokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwishishini leempahla liye landa kakhulu. UDawood uthe oku kubonisa ngokupheleleyo ukuqina koqoqosho lwasePakistan kwaye kukwabonisa ukuba imigaqo-nkqubo karhulumente yokukhuthaza ngexesha lobhubhane omtsha we-crown ichanekile kwaye iyasebenza. Uncome iinkampani zokuthumela kwamanye amazwe ngale mpumelelo kwaye unethemba lokuqhubeka nokwandisa isabelo sazo kwimarike yehlabathi.

Kutshanje, iifektri zempahla zasePakistan zibone imfuno enkulu kunye nesitokhwe seentambo eziqinileyo. Ngenxa yokwanda okukhulu kwemfuno yokuthumela ngaphandle, uluhlu lwempahla yekotoni yasekhaya ePakistan luncinci, kwaye amaxabiso eentambo zekotoni kunye nekotoni ayaqhubeka nokunyuka. Intambo ye-polyester-cotton kunye nentambo ye-polyester-viscose yasePakistan nayo inyukile, kwaye amaxabiso ekotoni aqhubekile nokunyuka emva kwamaxabiso ekotoni yamazwe ngamazwe, kunye nokunyuka okuhlangeneyo kwe-9.8% kwinyanga ephelileyo, kwaye ixabiso lekotoni yaseMelika engeniswe kwamanye amazwe linyuke laya kwi-89.15 US cents/lb, ukunyuka kwe-1.53%.