As per the figures from Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $644.673 million in the first four months of 2021, up from $557.961 million in the same time previous year, which is equal to a 15.54 percent increase.
Overall telecom imports into the country climbed by 22.40 percent during the study period (July-October 2021), rising from $691.644 million in July-October 2020 to $846.553 million in July-October 2021.
During the time period from January to September 2021, the number of mobile phones produced by local manufacturing plants outnumbered the number of commercial mobile phones imported into the country, with local production totaling 16.15 million vs imported mobile phones totaling 9.02 million.
