Pakistan has significantly advanced its local mobile phone manufacturing industry, with the vast majority of the mobile phones sold in the country now being “made in Pakistan”.
Pakistan locally assembled and manufactured a total of 17.34 million mobile phone sets in the first half of 2024 while during the same period, the country merely imported 0.84 million smartphones, as per PTA.
Most of the global big brands such as Xiaomi, Oppo, Samsung, ZTE, Vivo, Tecno, Infinix, iTel, Nokia, Realme, etc are being produced in the country. A major reason for the transformation from import to local production is the 15% gap in duties and taxes between complete mobile phones vs their parts/components.
As Chinese investors are looking for an alternate manufacturing base, Pakistan can become a hub for Chinese manufacturers if an attractive policy and predictability are ensured.
