Pakistan earned US $206.928 million by providing different transport services in various countries during the first three months of the current fiscal year (2023-24) as compared to the corresponding period of last year. This shows a decline of 6.78 percent as compared to $221.969 million earned through the provision of services during the corresponding months of the fiscal year (2022-23), the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
During the months under review, the exports of sea transport services witnessed a decrease of 42.86 percent, going down from $52.660 million last year to $30.090 million during the months under review.
Among the sea transport services, the exports of freight services dipped by 69.59 percent from $42.060 million last year to $12.790 million whereas the exports of other sea transport services however increased by 63.21 percent from $10.600 million to $17.300 million current year, the PBS data revealed. The exports of air transport witnessed an increase of 3.58 percent going up from $163.449 million last year to $169.298 million during July-September 2023.—APP