ISLAMABAD – Pakistan faces a setback in its exports to Afghanistan.
As per media report, Pakistan’s export of goods to Afghanistan dropped by17.68 percent between July and December last year to $608.533 millionagainst the exports of goods worth $739.233 million recorded during sameperiod in 2017.
According to Pakistan’s The Nation, the import of goods from Afghanistan,however, witnessed an increase of 20.47 percent to $85.123 million in thefirst half of the fiscal year – up from $70.655 million in the July toDecember period.
Citing latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), The Nationreported that the yearly export of goods to Afghanistan also declined to$74.193 million in December 2018, against exports worth $163.164 millionin the same month of the previous year.
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The imports also witnessed a decrease of 36.55 percent which fell to$10.238 million in December 2018 against imports worth $16.138 million inthe same month of 2017.
