The imports of overall petroleum group witnessed an increase of 6.97 percent during the first two months of the current fiscal year (2022-23) as compared to the corresponding period of the last year.
During the period under review, the total imports of the petroleum group during July-August (2022-23) stood at $3,302.159 million, as against the imports of $3,087.113 million last year, according to the latest data issued by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Among petroleum commodities, the import of petroleum products rose by 7.75 percent, from $1,539.417 million last year to $1,658.647 million during the period under review..—APP
