ISLAMABAD: Exports from the country in rupees term increased by 9.28 percent during the first month of the current fiscal year as against the same month of last year.
Exports during July 2013 amounted to Rs.210,491 million against the exports of Rs.192,624 million during July, 2012, according to provisional figures of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
On month-on-month basis, the exports from the Country, however, decreased by 2.82 percent in July 2012 when compared to the exports of Rs.216,588 million in June 2013.
The main commodities of exports during July, 2013 included cotton cloth (Rs.23,317 million), knitwear (Rs.20,420 million), cotton yarn (Rs.20,267 million), readymade garments (Rs.18,358 million) and bedwear (Rs.17,157 million).
The other items that witnessed increase in exports in July 2013 were rice other than basmati (Rs.11,675 million),towels (Rs.6,593 million), made up articles (excluding towels, bedwear) Rs.5,802 million), rice basmati (Rs.5,789 million) and cement (Rs.5,174 million).
On the other hand, imports into the country on year-on-year basis increased by 10.90 in July 2013 against the imports of July 2012, the PBS data revealed.
Imports into the country during July 2013 were recorded at $ Rs.383,245 million against the imports of Rs.345,581million in July 2012.
On month-on-month basis, the imports in July 2013, however decreased by 1.32 percent when compared to the imports of Rs.388,358 million in June 2013.
The main commodities of imports during July, 2013 included petroleum products (Rs.82, 146 million), petroleum crude (Rs.47262 million), palm oil (Rs.18,303 million), plastic materials Rs.14,029 million) and gold (Rs.13,556 million).
The other items that were imported during the month included Iron and steel (Rs.8,112 million), construction and mining machinery (Rs.7,694 million), electrical machinery and apparatus (Rs.7,150 million), iron and steel scrap (Rs.6,224 million) and other apparatus (Telecom) Rs.5,764 million).
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