Sialkotgoods Surgical

Sialkot is the world's largest producer of hand-sewed footballs, with local factories manufacturing 40~60 million footballs a year, amounting to roughly 60% of world production. The 2014 FIFA World Cup's footballs were made at Sialkot. Clustering of sports goods industrial units has allowed for firms in Sialkot to become highly specialised, and to benefit from joint action and external economies.There is a well-applied child labour ban, the Atlanta Agreement, in the industry since a 1997 outcry,and the local industry now funds the Independent Monitoring Association for Child Labour to regulate factories. High quality bats and balls are also produces at Sialkot.