Tag: Imports

Investigation depts start collecting evidence against corrupt at FO

ISLAMABAD: Investigation departments of the country have started collecting evidence against the corrupt mafia that is active at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)...

Seminar held to sensitise public on prevalent economic crisis

-- ‘We need to reduce 20% of military expenditure to stop economic crisis in Pakistan’ KARACHI: All economies are required to maintain foreign exchange reserves...

Verifying complaints that PSO is importing poor quality petrol: CJP

LAHORE: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Monday said that the court is receiving complaints that Pakistan State Oil (PSO) is...

Reduced policies for cultivation causing enhanced imports: PEW

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) has alleged that the government policies have reduced the area under cultivation and production of oilseeds which is being...

US top export, China top import destination for Pakistan in 2015

The United States remained a top export destination for Pakistani products during the fiscal year 2015 while China was the top import destination from...

Govt assures IT industry of speedy clearance of imported goods

    A senior official of the Customs Department has assured the IT industry that the formal/documented imports of the computer vendors and the IT industry...

APTMA slams increase in duty on cotton imports

    The government has further increased the customs duty on cotton imports from 2 per cent to 3 per cent, while the industry has to...

Total exports slide by 12.11% in 2015-16, imports by 2.32%

    Despite an effort of the government to enhance exports in 2015-16, the country’s exports declined by 12.11 per cent to $20.802 billion during the...

Palm oil imports decrease by 3.04% in 11 months

    Palm oil imports in the country during 11 months of financial year 2015-16 were reduced by 3.04 per cent compared to the corresponding period...

Telecom imports fall 0.66% in 11 months

    The imports of telecom related products into the country fell by 0.66 per cent in the first 11 months (July-May) of the current fiscal...

Cell phone imports up by 6.25% in 9 months, 3% in...

    The mobile phone imports into the country witnessed increase of 6.25 per cent during the first three quarters of the current fiscal year as...

Govt fails to arrest decline in exports

Country’s total exports decline by 14.40% in Jul-Dec 2015 The country’s total exports declined by 14.40 per cent to $10.322 billion in the first six...

Pakistan to import 70,000 tonnes canola, 40,000 tonnes soymeal

  Pakistani importers have recently purchased about 70,000 tonnes of canola (rapeseed) to be sourced from Canada or Australia, European traders said on Wednesday. A full...

Russia bans fruit, veggies, meat, fish, dairy imports from US, EU

Russia will ban fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, milk and dairy imports from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway, Prime Minister...

Over 155 bullet proof cars purchased during last five years: Ishaq...

Federal Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has informed the Lower House that during the past five years 155 bullet proof vehicles were imported, out...

Revision of excise duty regime on the cards

In a major policy shift, tax authorities are contemplating holding back the process of abolishing federal excise duty on goods and services, started two...

1,393 kg gold imported during five months of 2012-13

About 1393 kilogram of gold has been imported during the first five months of current fiscal year showing an increase of 12.52 per cent...