Mobile phone imports decrease 14.21% to $1.254bn in 10 months

ISLAMABAD: The import of mobile phones into the country has witnessed a decrease of 14.21 per cent during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (2024-25) as compared to the corresponding months of last year.

Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $1.254 billion during July-April (2024-25) as compared to the imports of $1.462 billion during July-April (2023-24), according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

Meanwhile, on a year-to-year (YoY) basis, the import of mobile phones also dipped by 22.47 per cent during the month of April when compared to the same month of last year.The import of mobiles into the country during April 2025 was recorded at $125.119 million against the exports

of $1161.384 million in April 2024.On a month-on-month (MoM) basis, the imports of mobile phones also decreased by 3.96 per cent during April 2025, as compared to the imports of $130.274 million during March 2025, according to the data. It is pertinent to mention here that the overall merchandise exports from the country increased by 6.4 per cent during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding months of last year. Exports during July-April (2024-25) were recorded at $26.896 billion against $25.278 billion during July-April (2023-24), according to PBS data.

On the other hand, imports into the country went up by 7.55 per cent by growing from $44.9 billion last year to $48.292 billion during the first ten months of the current year.