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Customs values on import of various pins from China revised

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has revised customs values on the import of Safety Pin,...

Updated 23 Mar, 2025 09:15am

Import of sunflower seeds from USA/Europe: DG Customs Valuation Karachi issues new values

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has issued new customs values, ranging between US$0.30...

Updated 21 Mar, 2025 09:00am

Once again, Department of Plant Protection under fire

KARACHI: The Department of Plant Protection, which has a reputation for questionable conduct, has been exposed once...

Updated 19 Mar, 2025 08:52am

NA informed: Trade deficit declines in FY24

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan on Monday informed the National Assembly that Pakistan’s...

Updated 18 Mar, 2025 08:49am

Jul-Feb exports up 8.42pc to $22.074bn YoY

Trade deficit in February 2025 recorded at $2.319 billion

Updated 18 Mar, 2025 02:14pm

Policy rate held steady

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday adopted a cautious...

Updated 11 Mar, 2025 09:27am

Business & Finance

China hits back at Canada with fresh agri tariffs

BEIJING: China announced tariffs on over $2.6 billion worth of Canadian agricultural and food products on Saturday,...

Published 09 Mar, 2025 05:54am

Business & Finance

Clutch facing & brake lining: New customs values on import of ‘friction’ material of vehicles fixed

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has fixed new customs values on the import of friction...

Published 06 Mar, 2025 08:19am

Mobile phone (LCD screens) from China/Hong Kong: New customs values on imports fixed

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has fixed new customs values on the import of Mobile...

Updated 05 Mar, 2025 12:52pm

Jul-Feb exports up 8.17pc to $22.022bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports increased by 8.17 per cent during the first eight months (July-February) of current...

Updated 04 Mar, 2025 09:07am

Markets

Pakistan’s trade deficit surges 33% YoY to $2.3bn in February 2025

Trade deficit stood at $1.72 billion in February 2024

Updated 03 Mar, 2025 10:55pm

Jam says rise in Dec imports reflects revival of industrial activity

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Commerce Jam Kamal Khan said that Pakistan’s imports rose from $ 5 billion to $ 5.2 billion...

Updated 15 Feb, 2025 02:56pm

Business & Finance

Medical equipment imports: $2bn being spent annually, says minister

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain, Monday, while assuring the private...

Published 04 Feb, 2025 08:03am

Jul-Jan exports up 9.98pc to $19.551bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports increased by 9.98 percent during the first seven months (July-January) of current...

Updated 04 Feb, 2025 03:07pm

Business & Finance

Trump orders sweeping tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China

NEW YORK: US President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and China,...

Published 03 Feb, 2025 06:41am

Business & Finance

Import surge seen curbing US economic growth in fourth quarter

WASHINGTON: U.S. economic growth likely slowed in the fourth quarter as imports surged and a strike at Boeing hurt...

Published 30 Jan, 2025 11:02am

Business & Finance

Import of plastic raw materials: New customs values issued

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has issued new customs values on the import of...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 06:46am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s REER index clocks in at 103.7 in December 2024

Pakistan’s Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of...

Updated 17 Jan, 2025 07:58pm

BR Research

Breaking the thread: is EFS the reckoning spinning deserves?

The Export Facilitation Scheme (EFS) allows duty-free and tax-free import of inputs for export manufacturing....

Published 15 Jan, 2025 07:58am

BR Research

SBP – the silent stabilizer

The star economic performer in the last two years is the State Bank of Pakistan. The central bank’s foreign reserves...

Published 10 Jan, 2025 07:47am

PSW unifies 7 large govt entities for data sharing

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Single Window (PSW) has integrated seven large government organisations, including provincial...

Updated 04 Jan, 2025 11:54am

Business & Finance

H1 exports soar 10.52pc to $16.561bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports increased by 10.52 percent during the first half (July-December) of current ...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:03am

BR Research

Comfortable in surplus

The current account surplus streak continues for the fourth consecutive month in November, and the surplus in...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 09:13am

Pakistan

Pakistan records massive $729mn current account surplus in November 2024

This is fourth consecutive month in which Pakistan's current account has posted surplus

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 10:49pm

Meat, bone meal imported from Brazil: customs values revised

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General Customs Valuation Karachi has revised customs values on the import of meat & bone...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 04:08pm

Business & Finance

Customs reduces values of imported power tools

LAHORE: In a stunning reversal, the customs valuation department has effectively reduced the custom values of power...

Updated 10 Dec, 2024 09:13am

Jul-Nov exports up 12.57pc to $13.691bn YoY

Business & Finance

Opinion

Economic diplomacy is the way forward

This is the first of a two-part series detailing National Security Policy’s (NSP) foreign policy’s focus on...

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 08:03am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 25	150.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 25	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 25	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 25	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 24	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 24	5,767.57
Nasdaq / Mar 24	18,188.59
Dow Jones / Mar 24	42,583.32
India Sensex / Mar 25	78,073.97
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 25	37,780.54
Hang Seng / Mar 25	23,413.58
FTSE 100 / Mar 25	8,684.09
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 25	22,926.46
France CAC40 / Mar 25	8,073.56

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 24	17,085
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 25	69.03
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 25	3,017.31
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 25	65.64
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel Indus.(R) / Mar 25 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	2.01 ▲ 1 (99.01%)
Ruby Textile / Mar 25 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.01 ▲ 1 (16.64%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 25 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	8.99 ▲ 1 (12.52%)
Samba Bank / Mar 25 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9 ▲ 0.82 (10.02%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 25 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	100.73 ▲ 9.16 (10%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Mar 25 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	25.73 ▲ 2.34 (10%)
United Dist. / Mar 25 United Distributors Pakistan Limited(UDPL)	67.29 ▲ 6.12 (10%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 25 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 25 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.19 ▲ 1.19 (9.92%)
Hussain Industries / Mar 25 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	27.30 ▲ 2.43 (9.77%)

Stock	Price
Parmount Sp. / Mar 25 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.51 ▼ -0.48 (-12.03%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Mar 25 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	117 ▼ -13 (-10%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 25 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	27.68 ▼ -3.07 (-9.98%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 25 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	9.50 ▼ -1 (-9.52%)
TPL Life Insur. / Mar 25 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	55.02 ▼ -5.74 (-9.45%)
Shahtaj Textile / Mar 25 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	65.05 ▼ -6.54 (-9.14%)
Sindh Abadgar / Mar 25 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	55 ▼ -5.43 (-8.99%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 25 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	138 ▼ -13.03 (-8.63%)
Tri-Star Power / Mar 25 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	7.24 ▼ -0.66 (-8.35%)
Shield Corp. / Mar 25 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	253.90 ▼ -22.98 (-8.3%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 25 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	28,623,330 ▲ 0.63
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 25 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,742,574 ▼ -3.59
Cnergyico PK / Mar 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	19,218,186 ▲ 0.01
Sui South Gas / Mar 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,168,002 ▲ 0.18
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,877,825 ▼ -0.05
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 25 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	11,187,536 ▲ 0.08
Pak Refinery / Mar 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	10,362,407 ▼ -0.12
B.O.Punjab / Mar 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	10,164,053 ▼ -0.21
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	10,144,462 ▲ 0
Treet Corp / Mar 25 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	8,893,519 ▼ -0.53

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