Textile exporters ask for custom free yarn import Business January 6, 2021 KARACHI: Demanding full liberty to import yarn to complete export orders, the value-added textile exporters on Tuesday urged the government to remove 5.0 percent custom duty on import of 32 single yarns and below count until cotton yarn scarcity was controlled. Due to the unavailability of cotton yarn, the prices of cotton yarn have increased by 9.62 percent, which upshot the cost of manufacturing, pushing the exporters towards an unviable situation and un-competitiveness, a statement said. Pakistan Apparel Forum Chairman Muhammad Jawed Bilwani said exporters were unable to meet export commitments because the market had substandard cotton yarn.