Import of textile machinery surged by 44.47 percent to $366.053 million in July-February 2013-14, official statistics say. Import of textile machinery posted an increase of $112.674 million during July-February 2013-14 as compared to the machinery import of $253.379 million in the same period last fiscal year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) indicate.
In February 2014, import of textile machinery went up by $16.077 million (54 percent) to $46.050 million as compared to the machinery import of $29.973 million in February 2013, the PBS shows. Import of construction and mining machinery mounted by $63.94 million (64 percent) to $163.946 million in July-February this fiscal year from the machinery import of $100.006 million in the same period last fiscal year, the figures suggest. Import of construction and mining machinery surged by $4.698 million (54 percent) to $13.402 million in February 2014 from $8.704 million in February 2013, the statistics say.