Islamabad, Aug 5: local manufacturing and assembly plants produced 17.34 million mobile devices, as opposed to 0.84 million commercially imported. According to official figures, 4.26 million mobile phones were produced or assembled locally in June, whereas 0.08 million were commercially imported.
During the first five months of 2024 (January to May), local manufacturing and assembly plants produced 13.08 million mobile devices, as opposed to 0.76 million commercially imported.11.15 million smartphones and 6.19 million 2G phones were among the 17.34 million mobile phones produced or assembled in the country.
Furthermore, according to PTA data, 39% of mobile devices on the Pakistan network are 2G, and 61% of mobile devices are smartphones. In the fiscal year 2023–2024, the nation imported mobile phones valued at $1.898 billion, a 233 percent increase over the $570.071 million imported in the fiscal year 2022–2023.
In terms of rupees, the nation bought mobile phones worth Rs535.690 billion in fiscal year 2023–24, a 291.45 percent increase over the previous year’s imports of Rs136.847 billion. According to data issued by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), mobile phone imports into Pakistan rose by 76.77 percent on a month-over-month (MoM) basis in June 2024, totaling $278.574 million, as opposed to imports of $157.592 million in May 2024.
In June 2024, the value of mobile phone imports increased by 419.90 percent year over year (YoY) to $53.582 million from June 2023.In comparison to $956.696 million in 2022–2023–the total amount of telecom imports into the nation increased by 147.36 percent to $2.366 billion in 2023–2024.
When compared year over year, the total telecom imports increased by 222% to $320.094 million in June 2024 from $96.415 million in June 2023. Comparing June 2024 to May 2024, the total telecom imports increased by 51.28 percent on a month-over-month basis to $211.586 million.
