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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has widened by 92 per cent during first seven months (July – January) of fiscal year 2021/2022, official statistics revealed on Wednesday. The trade deficit ballooned to $28.8 billion during the first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared with $15 billion in the corresponding months of the last […]
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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 […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit ballooned by 112 per cent to $20.59 billion during the first five months (July – November) of the current fiscal year 2021/2022, according to official data released on Thursday. The trade deficit was at $9.72 billion in the same months of the last fiscal year, revealed by the data released by […]
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Miftah Ismail, Former Federal Minister for Finance, has pointed out key reasons behind the massive depreciation in Pak Rupee (PKR) against the dollar.
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ISLAMABAD: The import bill of Pakistan surged by 65.15 per cent during the first four months (July – October) of 2021/2022, according to official statistics released on Tuesday. The import bill increased to $25.06 billion during the first four months of the current fiscal year as compared with $15.17 billion in the same period of […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has doubled in first quarter (July – September) 2021/2022 owing to sharp increase in import bill, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Monday. The trade deficit has ballooned by 100.62 per cent to $11.66 billion during the first quarter of the current fiscal year as […]
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ISLAMABAD: Federal Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin presided over a meeting on Monday to review the trade balance situation. Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Division Omar Ayub Khan, Secretary Commerce, Secretary M/o Information Technology, Secretary Finance Division, Governor State Bank of Pakistan Dr. Reza Baqir, Executive Director General BOI, and other senior officers participated in the […]
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit ballooned by 120 per cent to $7.49 billion in first two months (July – August) of the current fiscal year.
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has expanded significantly, rising by 21.6 percent during the first ten months (July–April) of fiscal year 2020–2021, according to official data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) on Wednesday. The increase in the trade deficit is attributed largely to a sharp surge in the country’s import bill, which has […]
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ISLAMABAD: The import bill has recorded an unprecedented growth of 70 percent in March 2021 as compared with the same month of the last year, according to data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS). The country spent $5.63 billion on the imports during March 2021 as compared with $3.31 billion in the same month […]
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