Pakistan earned US $136.880 million by providing different transport services in various countries during the first two months of the current fiscal year (2023-24) as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
This shows a decline of 9.96 percent as compared to $152.020 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 44 percent, going down from $35.840 million last year to $20.070 million during the months under review.
Among the sea transport services, the exports of freight services dipped by 69.74 percent from $28.120 million last year to $8.510 million whereas the exports of other sea transport services however increased by 49.74 percent from $7.720 million to $11.560 million current year, the PBS data revealed. The exports of air transport witnessed nominal decline of 1.23 percent going down from $112.050 million last year to $110.670 million during July-August 2023.—APP
