ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone import into the country decreased by 18.25 per cent in first four months (July-
October) of the fiscal year 2016-17 as compared to same period of last year.
According to latest data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the mobile phone import declined to $198.198 mi
llion in July-
October (2016-17) from $242.456 mi
llion in the same period of preceding fiscal year. On yearly
and monthly basis, the imports in
October 2016 also decreased by 25.81 per cent
and 4.12 per cent when compared to the import of
October 2015
and September 2016.
The import in
October went down to $51.636 mi
llion from $69.596 mi
llion in
October 2015
and $53.855 mi
llion in 2016. The overall telecom imports also declined by 14.93 per cent to $381.989 mi
llion in July-
October (2016-17), from $449.018 mi
llion in the first four months of previous year. On month-on-month basis the telecom import rose to $104.295 mi
llion in
October, 2016 from $103.224 mi
llion in September, 2016, thus showing an increase of 1.04 per cent.
While on yearly basis, the telecom import decreased by 23.44 per cent as the import in
October, 2015 was recorded at $136.22
9 million.
