Staff Reporter
Islamabad
The exports of cement from the country witnessed decrease of 0.43 percent during the first five months of financial year (2020-21) as compare to the corresponding period of last fiscal year.
The country exported cement worth US $123.672 million during July-November (2020-21) as against the exports of US $124.200 million during July-November (2019-20), showing negative growth of 0.43 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
In terms of quantity, the exports of cement however rose by 15.11 percent by going up from 3,238,466 metric tons to 3,727,901 metric tons, according to the data.
Meanwhile, on year-to-year basis, the exports of cement dipped by 39.15 percent during the month of November 2020 as compared to the same month of last year.
