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Pakistan’s Trade Statistics

Pakistan’s Trade Statistics. Monthly Review ( July-December 2017-18) by Afshan Uroos ASSISTANT MANAGER STRATEGIC POLICY AND RESEARCH DIVISION (Contact: afshan.uroos@tdap.gov.pk) 12-01-2018. SUMMARY:

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Pakistan’s Trade Statistics

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  1. Pakistan’s Trade Statistics Monthly Review (July-December 2017-18) by AfshanUroos ASSISTANT MANAGER STRATEGIC POLICY AND RESEARCH DIVISION (Contact: afshan.uroos@tdap.gov.pk) 12-01-2018

  2. SUMMARY: Statistics show that Pakistan’s export of Goods, FDI inflows and remittances are increased for the period (July-December2017-18 ). Merchandise export is our major foreign exchange earner which constitutes 43.9% country's total foreign exchange earnings. Remittances are the second, and services’ exports are the third largest export earners constituting 39 % and 10.3%, respectively. Table below shows total foreign exchange earning heads for the 6-month period (July-December) for 2017-18 and 2016-17.

  3. Highlights: Overall Pakistan’s exports during first sixmonths of the fiscal year 2017-18 increased by 11.19%. Four major sectors, Textiles, Agro & Food and Engineering goods and other Manufacturing showed positive growths. Though export of some of the items increased substantially. Export of Agro & Food sector increased by 17.5%, while total increase in value was US$ 291.6million. Textile and Garments sector showed a positive growth of 8.07% with a total increase of US$ 496 million. Mineral & Metal Sector showed positive growth of 77.5% for which exports during the period were US$ 172.2million, against last year exports of US$ 96.9million over the same period . Engineering Goods showed positive growth of 15.87% for which exports during the period were US$ 1,145million, against last year exports of US$ 988million over the same period .

  4. From previous slide • Main items for which export DECREASED were Cotton Fabric, Tent and Canvas, Cotton carded or Combed, Fruits, Meat Preparations, Spices, Onyx, Cement, Furniture, Handicraft, Leather gloves, Leather Garments, Canvas Footwear, Footwear etc. • Main items for which export INCREASED are, Knitwear, Readymade Garment, Bed ware, Cotton Yarn, Towel, Made-Ups, Other Textile, Art and Silk, Raw Cotton, Rice, Fish, Sugar, Vegetable, Oil Seed, Tobacco, Wheat, Molasses, Guar, Petroleum Group, Gems and Jewelry, Chemicals, Surgical instruments etc.

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