Islamabad
China topped the list of countries from where Pakistan imported different products during the first two months of the current fiscal year (2020-21), followed by United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Singapore.
The total imports from China during July-August 2020-21 were recorded at $1884.801 million against the $1592.096 million during July-August 2019-21, showing an increase of 18.38 percent during the period, according to State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). This was followed by UAE, where from Pakistan imported goods worth $1089.203 million against the imports of $1268.907 million last year, showing negative growth of 14.16 percent.
Singapore was the at third top country from where Pakistan imported products worth $365.687 million against the imports of $403.247 million last year, showing the decline of 9.31 percent, SBP data revealed.
Among other countries, Pakistani imports from United State of America (USA) stood at $311.377 million against $227.769 million during last year, showing growth of 36.70 percent while the imports from Saudi Arabia were recorded at $215.007 million against $314.156 million last year, showing decrease of 31.56 percent, the data revealed.
The imports from Switzerland were recorded at $200.802m against $81.815 million where as imports from Malaysia were recorded at $166.344m against $160.942m last year.—APP