Refrigerators and deep freezers production in the country during the last nine months of the current financial year registered an increase of 7.99 percent and 1.17 percent, respectively. During the period from July-March 2012-13, 804,965 units of refrigerators were produced as compared to 745,421 units produced in the corresponding period of the last financial year.
According data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), in the month of March 2013, 94,934 refrigerators were produced as compared to 96,909 refrigerators produced in the same month of the last financial year. Meanwhile, deep freezers’ production recorded a 1.17 percent increase as about 36,059 deep freezers were produced during the last nine months of the current financial year as compared to 36,482 units produced in the same period of last year. However, air conditioners’ and electric bulbs’ production decreased by 19.85 percent and 6.22 percent, respectively, as 122,742 air conditioners were produced during the last nine months as compared to 155,3143 units produced in the same period of last year.
On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, air conditioners’ production witnessed a 12.80 percent increase. In March, 2013 43,236 air conditioners were produced against 38,331 units produced in the same period last year, PBS data revealed.
Per the data 122,742 electric bulbs were produced in the last nine months of the current financial year as against 153,134 bulbs produced in the same period of last year. During the period under review, electric fans’ production increased by 0.79 percent as about 1,292,077 fans produced as compared to 1,281,965 fans produced in July-March 2011-12.
