Poor country? Pakistanis imported mobile phones worth Rs 400 billion in FY 2022

Poor country? Pakistanis imported mobile phones worth Rs 400 billion in FY 2022

Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $1.810 billion during the first tenmonths (July-April) of 2021-22 compared to $1.684 billion during the sameperiod of last year, registering a growth of 7.43 percent, despite theincrease in local manufacturing, according to the Pakistan Bureau ofStatistics (PBS).

The overall telecom imports into the country during the period under review(July-April) 2021-22 increased by 14.05 percent going up from $2.116billion in July-April 2020-21 to $2.413 billion during the same period oflast period.

On a month-on-month basis, imports of mobile phones into Pakistan increasedby 43.56 percent during April 2022 and stood at $213.895 million whencompared to $183.894 million imported in March 2022, the PBS data revealed.

On a year-on-year basis, mobile phones witnessed a 16.31 percent growthwhen compared to $148.992 million in April 2021.