Mobile phone imports up by 6.15pc

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The mobile phone imports into the country increased by 6.15 per cent during first five months of the year 2014-15 over the same period of last year.

The imports of mobile phones into the country during July-November (2014-15) were recorded at $ 282.872 million against the imports of $ 266.471 million during July-November (2013-14), according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

On month basis the mobile phone imports into the country during the month of November 2014 also increased by 19.17 per cent and decreased by 0.54 per cent when compared to the imports in November 2013 and October 2014 respectively.

The mobile phone imports during November 2014 stood at $58.278 million against the imports of $48.9 million in November 2013 and $58.596 million in October 2014, the data revealed.

Similarly, the overall telecom imports also increased by 21.1 per cent during the period under review over the same period last year.

The imports of telecom in to the country during first five months of current fiscal year were recorded at $ 635.709 million against the imports of $ 524.945 million in July-November 2013-14.

On month on month basis, the telecom imports during November 2014 increased by 15.42 per cent and 4.02 per cent when compared to that of November 2013 and October 2014 respectively.

Overall telecom imports during November 2014 stood at $ 122.736 million against the imports of $ 106.334 million in November 2013 and $ 117.99 million in October 2014.

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During the month of November 2014, the exports of leather footwear increased by 20.73 per cent when compared to the exports of $ 6.005 million in October 2014.

On the other hand, the exports of leather manufactures including leather garments and leather gloves witnessed negative growth in exports during the first five months of the current fiscal year.

The exports of leather manufactures decreased by 6.02 per cent by falling from $ 275.321 million during July-November (2013-14) to $ 258.750 million in July- November (2014-15), according to PBS data.

During the period, the exports of leather garments decreased from $ 178.225 million to $ 170.160 million whereas the exports of leather gloves decreased from $ 90.975 million to $ 82.925 million, showing negative growth of 4.53 per cent and 8.85 per cent respectively.

It is pertinent to mention here that the overall exports from the country decreased by 4.19 per cent during first five months of current financial year as during the period from July-November exports were recorded at US $ 9.92 billion compared to US $ 10.356 billion during the same period of last year.

Imports into the country stood at US $ 20.373 billion as compared to the imports of US $ 18.110 billion last financial year.

The overall trade deficit, during first five months of current financial year, increased by 34.78 per cent as compared to the deficit of first five months of last financial year.

 

 

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