Mobile phone imports witnessed a rise of 81.32 percent within the last financial year (July-June) 2019-20 and it remained $1.369 billion compared to $755.548 million during an equivalent period last year.
Telecom experts are linking the exceptional growth in mobile imports to the implementation of Device Identification Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS).
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Mobile phone imports in June 2020, which stood at $231.303 million, registered 300.62 percent growth as compared to $57.736 million imports in June 2019.
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Last month’s figure was 108.27 percent higher in comparison to $111.059 million in May 2020. These figures were revealed within the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Overall telecom imports saw a rise of 34 percent during July-June (2019-20) in comparison to an equivalent period of last year.
Total imports were recorded at $1.86 billion during this era in comparison to $1.379 billion in July-June (2018-19), while registering 71.62 percent growth in June 2020. This figure stood at $272.576 million in June 2020 as compared to $158.93 million during May 2020.
Other telecom apparatus imports witnessed a decline of over 21.36 percent in July-June (2019-20) because it stood at $490.754 million against $624.017 million during an equivalent period of last year.
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In comparison to May 2020, other telecom apparatus imports registered 13.41 percent negative growth in June because it was $41.453 million compared to $47.871 million in May 2020.
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