Mobile phone imports reach $536.7 million in nine months

The mobile phone imports into the country increased by 4.38 percent during the first nine months of the current year over the same period of last year. The imports of mobile phone during July-March (2012-13) were recorded at $536.7 million against $514.18 million during July-March (2011-12), according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). Similarly the mobile phone imports during March 2013 increased by 23.81 percent and 51.37 percent when compared to those in March 2012 and February 2013, respectively. The mobile phone imports during March 2013 stood at $77.258 million against $62.34 million in March 2012 and $51.088 million in February 2013, the data revealed. The overall trade deficit during the first nine months of current fiscal year stood at $15.34 billion against $16.2 billion during the same period last year, showing negative growth of 4.86 percent.