ISLAMABAD: Imports of cellphones increased by 7.68 per cent to $465.658 million during the first eight months (July-Feb) of 2014-15 as compared to $432.433m in the same period last year.
In February, the imports increased by 28.61pc to $73.161m against $56.882m in Feb 2014, and by 62.82pc when compared to $44.933m in Jan 2015, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics data showed on Monday.
The overall telecom imports also increased by 15.43pc to $961.965m during the period under review as compared to $833.399m in July-Feb, 2013-14.
In February, the telecom imports increased by 7.59pc to $115.454m against $107.311m in Feb 2014, and by 21.05pc when compared to $95.378m in Jan 2015.