December 18, 2020: Imports into Pakistan during the month of November 2020 amounted to Rs. 686,349 million, showing an increase of 8.39% over October 2020 and of 12.58% over November 2019.
According to the provisional figures compiled by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, in terms of US dollars, the imports in November 2020 were $4,311 million as compared to $3,890 million in October 2020, showing an increase of 10.82% and by 9.86% as compared to $3,924 million in November 2019.
Imports during July–November 2020 totaled Rs. 3,200,894 million as against Rs. 3,007,520 million during the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 6.43%.
In terms of US dollars, the imports during July–November 2020 totaled $19,487 million as against $19,175 million during the corresponding period of last year, showing an increase of 1.63%.
Main commodities of imports during the month were Petroleum products (Rs. 49,073 million), Natural gas, liquefied (Rs. 35,838 million), Palm Oil (Rs. 33,920 million), Petroleum crude (Rs. 32,717 million), Iron & steel (Rs. 31,473 million), Plastic Materials (Rs. 30,709 million), Wheat unmillied (Rs. 30,468 million), Power generating machinery (Rs.27,480 million), Mobile phone (Rs. 26,449 million) and Iron and Steel scrap (Rs. 21,563 million).
