Surgical goods and medical instruments worth US$ 23.7 million were exported during the month of July 2011 as compared to US$ 20 million in the month of July 2010.

According to the data of Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), the surgical and medical instruments export was recorded at US$ 24.5 million during the month of June 2011.

Meanwhile, the export of cutlery increased by 14.53 percent as cutlery goods worth US$ 7.2 million were exported during the month of July 2011 as compared to the export of US$ 6.3 million during same period of last year,the data reveled.

The export of electric fans increased by 50.62 percent as about 246 thousand units costing US$ 5.2 million were exported during the first month of current financial year as against to 161 units worth US$ 3.4 million during the same month of last year.

Gems and jewllery export during the month of July 2011 also increased by 6.63 percent and 213.46 percent as gems worth US$ 0.20 million and Jewllery costing US$ 81.36 million were exported.

Copyright APP (Associated Press of Pakistan), 2011