Trade deficit restrained as exports, imports flatten out in July
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exports of merchandise posted a paltry growth of 1...
2 per cent in July from a year ago, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics said on Monday...
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ArchiveImports shrink, exports stagnate, FDI plummets: Current account deficit drops 27pc
864bn during the same period last fiscal year, according to latest data released by the State Bank of Pakistan...
The contraction is mainly due to 5pc decrease in total imports even as exports have dropped by around 2pc despite devaluation of the local currency and incentives announced by the government...
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ArchiveTextile exports show meagre growth, oil imports fall in July-October
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s textile and clothing exports grew by over four per cent year-on-year during the first four months of 2019-20, showed data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday...
The modest increase in export proceeds and the decline in import of oil and food products helped the government achieve a current account surplus in October after a gap of five years...
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ArchiveChinese exports see surprise 3.5pc jump in April, imports fall
BEIJING: China’s exports saw a shock 3...
5 per cent rise in April despite the global impact of the coronavirus pandemic, official figures showed on Thursday, partly due to rising medical exports...
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ArchiveECC tackles subsidy reduction plan, wheat imports and priority berthing
The meeting presided over by Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh deferred two other critical matters — import of additional 380,000 tonnes of wheat and Rs739bn Karachi Transformation plan...
Dr Khan in his presentation covered electricity, food and national savings during the first phase...
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PakistanNon-tariff barriers hinder exports between China and Pakistan
China and Pakistan have redefined regional trade patterns after explicit bilateral contracts under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)...
However, the prevailing non-tariff barriers (NTBs) have restrained the volume of Pakistan’s exports to China...
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PakistanPakistan wheat surplus to cool imports this year
LONDON: Wheat surplus in the country is likely to mean little appetite for imports this year, although it will purchase more oilseeds due lower crop prospects, a leading local trader said...
In November last year, the country imposed a 20 per cent import duty on wheat to help protect local farmers from imports, leading to the cancellation of some of the import deals...
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ArchiveRestrictions on PET imports from Pakistan by EU violated rules: WTO
KARACHI: The World Trade Organisation (WTO) said on July 6 that the measures adopted by the European Commission against the import of Pakistan’s polyethylene terephthalate (PET) — a chemical used in manufacturing mineral water bottles — violated the rules of the global trade body...
The European Commission imposed a five per cent countervailing duty in 2010 on the import of PET from Pakistan in order to protect European producers... ...
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WorldIndia's state cotton purchases to plummet as Pakistan raises imports
MUMBAI: The Indian government's purchases of cotton are set to plunge 89 per cent in the 2015/16 marketing year as local prices have jumped after crop failures forced neighbouring Pakistan to raise imports from the world's biggest producer of the fibre...
The increase in shipments to Pakistan, Bangladesh and Vietnam will help India trim spending on cotton buys by nearly 140 billion Indian rupees ($2 billion) in the year that started...
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PakistanPakistan's cotton imports to hold near record highs as output dwindles
MUMBAI: Cotton imports by Pakistan are expected to remain near record-high levels in the year to July 2017, as erratic weather forces farmers in the world's fourth-biggest producer to trim area under the crop, industry officials said...
A supply crunch in Pakistan, at a time when back-to-back droughts have taken a toll on output at top producer India, could boost global cotton prices from their current near 11-month highs...
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ArchiveSaudi Arabia bans shrimp imports from Pakistan
KARACHI: Saudi Arabia has banned shrimp imports from Pakistan, a worrying development for the Marine Fisheries Department (MFD) as other countries may follow suit...
Pakistan exported about 2,016 tonnes of seafood (valued at $7...
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PakistanPakistan puts 'unofficial hold' on cotton imports from India as tensions simmer
Pakistan has suspended cotton imports from its top supplier, India, saying shipments failed to fulfil phyto-sanitary certification, threatening the $822 million-a-year trade, government and industry officials told Reuters...
Traders say rising hostility between the neighbours might have prompted Pakistan to restrict imports...
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PakistanChina urged to encourage imports from Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has formally asked China to encourage its products — mainly the eatables — into its market to contain tilted expansion in bilateral trade and focus on future administration of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) after completion of ongoing projects...
According to sources, Mr Aziz told the ambassador that China needed to facilitate Pakistani exports to its market as only a few Pakistani products were...
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PakistanBefore tax amnesty, Pakistan lacked funds for two-month imports: CJP
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar revealed on Wednesday that Pakistan did not have enough funds to cater for the imports of two months prior to the launch of the tax amnesty scheme...
Now with the amnesty scheme, the situation had improved to such an extent that the government had enough resources to pay salaries of its employees and pensions [of retired employees], he said while heading a two-judge bench that had taken up a...
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ArchiveDeclining exports — turning around and beyond
PAKISTAN’s exports during the financial year 2015-16 fell to $20...
1pc annual decline was unprecedented in the recent history of national exports and warrants a candid analysis of the export sector...
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