ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has doubled to $24.8 billion during first half (July – December) of 2021/2022 1HFY22. The trade deficit was $12.36 billion in the same half of the last fiscal year.
The import bill of the country surged by 63 per cent to $40 billion during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared with $24.47 billion in the same half of the last fiscal year, according to data shared by Arif Habib Limited.
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The exports registered a growth of 25 per cent to $15.13 billion during first six months of the current fiscal year as compared with $12.11 billion in the corresponding months of the last fiscal year.
The trade deficit for the month of December 2021 contracted by 18 per cent to $4.14 billion as compared with $5.03 billion in November 2021.
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Import bill of the country declined by 13 per cent to $6.9 billion in December 2021 as compared with $7.93 billion in November 2021. Meanwhile exports of the country also fell by five per cent to $2.76 billion in December 2021 as compared with $2.9 billion in November 2021.
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