The import of mobile phones has witnessed an increase of 3.93 percent during the nine months of the fiscal year (2021-22) as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
Pakistan imported mobile phones worth the US $1596.339 million during July-March (2021-22) as compared to the imports of US $1535.996 million during July-March (2020-21), showing growth of 3.93 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Meanwhile on a year-to-year basis, the import of mobile phones however witnessed a decrease of 18.09 percent during the month of March 2022 as compared to the same month of last year.
The import of mobile phones during March 2022 was recorded at $183.894 million against the exports of $224.503m in March 2021. On a month-on-month basis, the imports of mobile phones however increased by 29.47 percent during March 2022, as compared to the imports of US $142.033 million.—APP
