December trade deficit widens by 32pc - Newspaper
The pace of growth in imports is projected to increase further in the coming months following the abolishment of regulatory duty on imports of raw materials and semi-finished products. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 32.04 per cent to $2.683 billion in December from $2.032bn over the same month last year mainly on account of higher imports, latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Thursday. The country’s imports have been on a rising trend since September. The continuous decline in imports in the last two years had provided ...