ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $38.804 million in July 2022 which registered a growth of 20.43 percent on a month-on-month (MoM) basis when compared to $32.221 million in June 2022, says the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

According to the PBS’s monthly data, mobile phone imports registered a negative growth of $67.46 on a year-on-year (YoY) basis when compared to $119.237 million in July 2021.

The overall telecom imports into the country remained $67.901 million in July 2022 and registered 21.81 percent negative growth on a MoM basis when compared to $86.843 million in June 2022.

However, on a YoY basis, the overall telecom registered a negative growth of 57.16 percent when compared to $158.493 million in July 2021.

Other apparatus imports remained at $29.097 million in July 2022 and registered 46.73 percent negative growth on a MoM basis when compared to $54.622 million in June 2022 and registered 25.88 percent negative on a YoY basis when compared to $39.256 million in July 2021.

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