Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $1.270 billion in the first seven months (July-January) of the current fiscal year compared to $1.135 billion in the same period of last year, registering a growth of 11.86 percent, despite the increase in local manufacturing, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

On a month-on-month basis, imports of mobile phones into Pakistan decreased by 23.15 percent in January 2022 and stood at $179.768 million compared to $233.917 million in December 2021, the PBS data revealed.

The overall telecom imports into the country in the period under review increased by 19.53 percent, going up from $1.382 billion in July-January 2020-21 to $1.652 billion in July-January 2021-22.

On a year-on-year basis, mobile phone imports witnessed a decrease of 8.68 percent when compared to January 2021.

On a month-on-month basis, the overall telecom imports into the country decreased by 21.83 percent in January 2022 and stood at $229.190 million, compared to the imports of $293.193 million in December 2021.

On a year-on-year basis, the overall telecom imports witnessed a 21.83 percent decline. Other apparatus imports in July-January of the current fiscal year increased by 54.77 percent and stood at $382.079 million, compared to $244.868 million in the same period last year.

Source: Pro Pakistani