Pharmaceutical goods’ export increase 4.49% in 7 months

F.P. Report

ISLAMABAD: The export of pharmaceutical goods from the country witness an increase of 4.49 percent during the first seven months of current financial year (2019-20) as compared to the export of corresponding period of last year.

The pharmaceutical exports were recorded at $129.100 million during July-January (2019-20) as against the export of $123.555 million during July-January (2018-19), showing growth of 4.49 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

In term of quantity, the export of pharmaceutical products also increased by 8.25 percent by going up from 7,588 metric ton to 8,214 metric ton, according to the data.

Meanwhile, year- on- year basis the pharmaceutical export however witness nominal decline of 0.41 percent during the month of January 2020 as compared to the same month of last year.

The pharmaceutical exports in January 2020 were recorded at $16.999 million against the export of $17.069 million in January 2019, the PBS data revealed.

On month- on- month basis, the exports of pharmaceutical product decrease by 12.30 percent in January 2020 when compared to $19.384 million in December 2019.

It is pertinent to mention here that the country’s merchandise trade deficit plunged by 28.40 percent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year (2019-20) as compared to the deficit of the same month of last year.

During the period under review, the country’s exports registered about 2.14 per cent growth, whereas imports reduces by 15.95 per cent, according the foreign trade statistics, released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

During the period from July-January (2019-20), exports reached to $13.498 billion against the exports of $13.216 billion of the same period of last year, it added.

Meanwhile, the country’s imports witnessed significant decrease of 15.95 % as these went down from $32.420 billion in first seven months of last financial year to $27.249 billion of same period of current financial year, it said.