Mobile phone imports have increased by 81.32 per cent as compared to the last fiscal year (July-June) 2019-20.
The imports reached $1.369 billion compared to $755.548 million during the same period last year, according to the latest report released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
Telecom experts are linking the phenomenal increase in import to the implementation of Device Identification Registration and Blocking System (DIRBS).
Mobile phone imports increased 300 per cent in June 2020 as compared to $57.736 million imports of June 2019.
Overall telecom imports saw an increase of 34 per cent during July-June (2019-20) if compared to the same period of last year.
Total imports were recorded at $1.86 billion when compared to $1.37 billion in July-June (2018-19), while registering 71.62 per cent growth in June 2020.
The figures stood at $272.576 million in June 2020 as compared to $158.93 million during May 2020.
Other telecom apparatus imports witnessed a decline of over 21.36 per cent in July-June (2019-20) as they stood at $490.754 million against $624.017 million during the same period last year.
When compared to May 2020, other telecom apparatus imports registered a 13.41 per cent decline in June as they were $41.453 million as compared to $47.871 million in May 2020.
