Pakistan’s exports in rupees term surged by 13.38 percent to Rs 1.941 trillion during the first ten months of the current fiscal year as against the corresponding period of last year. Exports from the country during July-April (2012-13) were recorded at Rs 1,941,654 million against the exports of Rs 1,712,557 million during July-April (2011-12), according to the latest data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, the exports from the country increased by 0.08 percent to Rs 209,441 in April 2013 when compared to the Rs 209,274 million exports of March 2013. On the other hand, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, exports during April 2013 increased by 3.68 percent when compared to exports of Rs 202,010 million during the same month last year. The main commodities of exports during April 2013 were cotton cloth (Rs 24,034 million), cotton yarn (Rs 18,447 million), readymade garments (Rs 16,068 million), knitwear (Rs 14,849 million), rice other than basmati (Rs 14,591 million), bed wear (Rs 14,552 million), sugar (Rs 9,141 million), towels (Rs 6,804 million), rice basmati (Rs 5,454 million) and leather tanned (Rs 5,372 million).
Meanwhile, imports into the country during July-April (2012-13) stood at Rs 3,533,990 million against imports of Rs 3,279,526 million during the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 7.76 percent. During the month of April 2013, imports into the country were recorded at Rs 384,277 against the imports of Rs 361,585 million in March, showing a positive growth of 6.28 percent.
Compared to imports of Rs 340,480 million during April 2012, the imports in April 2013 witnessed an increase of 12.86 percent, the PBS data revealed. The main commodities of imports during April 2013 were petroleum products (Rs 72,320 million) petroleum crude (53,529 million), iron and steel (Rs 16,231 million), palm oil (Rs 15,415 million), plastic materials (Rs 12,049 million), medicinal products (Rs 8,210 million), electrical machinery and apparatus (Rs 8,209 million), raw cotton (Rs 7,938 million), gold (Rs 7,608 million) and motor cars (CKD/SKD) (Rs 5,011 million), the data revealed.