ISLAMABAD, Sep 21 – Exports from the country, in rupee term, increasedby 1% during the first two months of the current fiscal year ascompared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year, PakistanBureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
The exports from the country during July– Aug (2020-2021) wererecorded at Rs599,260 million as against Rs593,306 million duringthe corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 1%,according to provisional data released by PBS.
However, on year-on-year basis, the exports from the country decreasedby 9.57 percent in August 2020 when compared to the exports of August2020. The exports in August 2020 were recorded at Rs265,605 million asagainst the exports of Rs293,718 during August, 2019.
On month-on-month basis the exports decreased by 20.40% percent inAugust 2020 when compared to the exports of Rs333,655 million in July,2020.
The main commodities of exports during August, 2020 were knitwear (Rs.41,691 million), readymade garments (Rs. 34,041 million), bed wear(Rs. 30,353 million), cotton cloth (Rs. 24,375 million), rice others(Rs. 10,996 million), towels (Rs.9,271 million), cotton yarn (Rs.9,159 million), madeup articles excluding towels & bedwear (Rs.8,224million), Basmati rice (Rs. 5,639 million) and surgical goods &medical instruments (Rs. 5,517 million).
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On the other hand, imports during July – August, 2020 totaled Rs.1,170,081 million as against Rs1,177,808 million during thecorresponding period of last year, showing a decrease of 0.66%.Imports into Pakistan during August, 2020 amounted to Rs. 557,418million (provisional) as against Rs. 612,663 million (provisional) inJuly, 2020 and Rs. 588,070 million during August 2019 showing adecrease of 9.02% over July, 2020 and of 5.21% over August 2019.
The main commodities of imports during August, 2020 were Petroleumproducts (Rs. 60,821 million), petroleum crude (Rs.40,331 million),mobile phones (Rs.26,562 million), plastic materials (Rs. 25,942million), palm oil (Rs. 24,618 million), natural gas, liquefied (Rs.24,311 million), iron and steel scrap (Rs. 23,979 million), powergenerating machinery (Rs.18,984 million), electrical machinery &apparatus (Rs.15,060 million) and medicinal products (Rs. 13,750million)./395/
