Sialkot

Sialkot

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How Pakistan's Sialkot powers 70% of the world’s football production

Sialkolt produces around 70% of the world’s hand-sewn footballs, with annual output exceeding 40 million units

Workers collect and examine completed balls at a factory in the small Pakistani town of Sialkot, the soccer ball manufacturing capital of the world.

This is where most of the world's soccer balls come from