Pakistan State Bank Reports 4 Percent Increase in Exports To Afghanistan
The State Bank of Pakistan announced that the country's exports to Afghanistan increased by 4.12 percent in the current fiscal year, rising from $522 million to $544 million.
Additionally, Pakistan's imports from Afghanistan decreased by 21.95 percent, dropping from $15 million to over $11 million.
The Pakistani newspaper, The Nation, reported on Tuesday, that according to the monthly statistics of the State Bank of Pakistan, the total exports of the country to Afghanistan in June exceeded $46 million. In contrast, this figure was $43.657 million last year.
Pakistan's exports in June of this year increased by 5.53 percent compared to the same period last year.
This newspaper wrote that Pakistan's exports to other countries overall increased by 11.53 percent in one year, reaching more than $31 billion.