Mobile phone imports grew 39.57pc during July-August

Islamabad: The import of mobile phones increased by 39.57 percent during July-August 2017 as compared to same period of previous year. The import jumped to $129.392 million in July-August 2017 from $92.707 million during first two months of the previous fiscal year.

On year-on-year basis, mobile imports went up to $60.822m in August 2017 from $46.5m in August 2016 thus showing an increase of 30.8pc whereas on month-on-month basis, the import declined by 11.3pc  as during July 2016, the mobile import stood at $68.57m.