After the sales tax on locally assembled mobiles above $ 200 was removed, Samsung and OPPO are expected to launch local assembly in Pakistan soon.
The ECC approved the Mobile Device Manufacturing Policy 2020 in May 2020. The Cabinet subsequently approved the decision on June 2, 2020.
In comparison to imports in fully assembled condition, the mobile device manufacturing policy provides a sufficient advantage to local manufacturing of mobile phones, especially in the sub-$200 segment. VIVO, Airlink Communications, and Inovi Telecom are among the latest mobile phone assembly investors who have already begun trial development in February 2021.
Local manufacturing firms are increasingly transitioning from the 2-G non-Android market to the 4-G smart phone market, ensuring that consumers have access to mobile handsets at affordable prices.
The secretariat of Mobile Policy has been assigned to the Engineering Development Board (EDB), a technical arm of the Ministry of Industries and Production (MoIP).
