Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended on May 19 for the combined consumption group, witnessed an increase of 1.42pc as compared to the previous week. The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 175.08 points against 172.63 points registered in the previous […]
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
Other leather manufacture exports record growth of 49.23%
ISLAMABAD: Other Leather Manufacture exports during the first eleven months of FY 2020-21 grew by 49.23 per cent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period for last year. During the period from July-April 20-21, other leather manufactures exported leather products worth US $14,493 as compared to a worth US$ 9,712 in the same […]
Vegetables exports increased record 1.51% in 10 months
ISLAMABAD: Vegetable exports during the first ten months of FY 2020-21 grew by 1.51 percent compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-April 20-21, Vegetables worth US$ 277,507 thousand exported as compared to worth US$ 273,383 thousand of the same period of last year. According to the […]
Christians ‘disappointed’ by census results
The Christian religious and political leadership has expressed serious reservations over the much-delayed results of the sixth Population and Housing Census-2017 pertaining to the population of minority communities. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) report on minority population, released on May 18, Christians make up 1.27 per cent of the country’s total population […]
Export of leather products increases by record 13.29%
ISLAMABAD: Export of leather products increased by record 13.29% during first ten months of FY 2020-21 as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-April 20-21, leather products worth US $ 467,789 were exported as compared to worth US $ 412,908 of the same period of last […]
Gems exports increased by 67.38pc in 9MFY21
ISLAMABAD: Gems exports during first nine months of FY 2020-21 grew by 67.38 per cent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July 20-March 21, Gems worth US $ 5,850 thousand were exported as compared to the exports of US $ 3,495 thousand of same period […]
APBF for incentives to further boost remittances
The All Pakistan Business Forum (APBF) has suggested the government to announce incentives for oversees Pakistanis to further boost up foreign remittances, besides enhancing investment in the country by Pakistani expatriates. APBF President Syed Maaz Mahmood observed that Pakistan’s economic growth, after reaching an 11-year high of 5.8 percent in FY18, is expected to see […]