Textiles and clothing exports fell 12.42 per cent year-on-year to $12.47 billion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Tuesday. The exports recorded a steep decline of 22.61pc to $1.26bn in March from $1.62bn in the corresponding month of last year. However, on a month-on-month basis, textile exports rose 6.6pc.