ISLAMABAD, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's exports increased by over 10 percent during the first six months of the current fiscal year starting from July 2024 to June 2025, compared with the same period of the last fiscal year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said on Wednesday.
The country's exports during July-December of 2024 were recorded at 16.561 billion U.S. dollars as compared to 14.985 billion dollars during the corresponding period last year, showing a growth of 10.52 percent, according to the PBS.
Meanwhile, on a year-on-year basis, the exports in December 2024 increased by 0.67 percent to 2.841 billion dollars from 2.822 billion dollars in December 2023, the PBS said.
On a month-on-month basis, the exports from the country went up by 0.28 percent when compared to the exports of 2.833 billion dollars in November 2024.
Imports into the country went up by 6.11 percent, growing from 26.137 billion dollars last year to 27.733 billion dollars during the first six months of the current fiscal year, according to the PBS. ■