The country's mobile phones import surged by 14.38 percent to $376.498 million in July-Dec 2017, official figures say. Increase in handsets import grows by $47.321 million in July-Dec 2017 from $329.177 million in July-Dec 2016, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows.
Overall telecom imports went up by 12.05 percent or $79.627 million to $739.618 million in July-Dec 2017 from $659.991 million in July-Dec 2016. Import of other apparatuses soared to $363.120 million in July-Dec 2017 from $330.814 million in July-Dec 2016, up by 10 percent or $32.306.