ISLAMABAD: Pakistan heading in the right direction as the country's current account recorded a surplus of $792 million in the first quarter of the ongoing fiscal year 2020-21, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Wednesday.
Moreover, the central bank said that it is the "first quarterly surplus in more than five years".
“Great news for Pakistan. We are headed in the right direction finally,” said PM Imran.
The prime minister shared that the current account was in surplus of $73 million during September, bringing in a surplus for the first quarter to $792 million. He explained that the country had registered a deficit of $1,492 million during the same quarter of the previous year.
“Exports grew 29% and remittances grew 9% over the previous month,” said PM Imran.
Meanwhile, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that it was the first quarterly surplus in more than five years.
"In September, the current account posted a surplus for a third successive month. The surplus reached $73 million against a deficit of $278 million a year earlier," said the SBP in a series of tweets.
It added that "the current account recorded a surplus of $792 million in Q1-FY21, the first quarterly surplus in more than 5 years".
The SBP also shared that the continued buoyancy in remittances is up by 9% on a month on month basis. It added that the broad-based rebound in exports increased by 29% on a month on month basis which led to the current account surplus in September.
"Imports also picked up in line with the on-going revival in domestic economic activity," said the SBP.
Last month, the central bank had announced that Pakistan had registered a current account surplus for the second straight month in August on account of remittances sent in by the expatriates as well as cheaper imports.
In its statement, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said the Current Account Balance (CAB) surplus "amounted to $508 mn and $297 mn during July and August 2020", respectively.
In addition, the cumulative current account surplus came in at $0.805 billion in the July-August 2021 period, as opposed to a deficit worth $1.2 billion in the comparable time frame, last year, the SBP said on Twitter.
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