ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded an additional improve in cell phone imports through the present fiscal yr, with whole imports surpassing Rs455 billion within the first 10 months, in keeping with official paperwork.
The info confirmed that Pakistan imported cell phones value Rs455.73 billion from July 2025 to April 2026, marking a 30.29% improve in comparison with the identical interval of the earlier fiscal yr.
In the course of the corresponding interval final yr, cell phone imports stood at Rs349.77 billion.
The report said that cell phone imports rose 40.71% on a year-on-year foundation in April 2026.
On a month-on-month foundation, imports elevated by 18.70% in April in comparison with March 2026.
In keeping with the figures, Pakistan imported cell phones value Rs49.415 billion in April 2026, up from Rs41.63 billion recorded in March 2026. In April 2025, the nation imported cell phones valued at Rs35.12 billion.
The continued rise in imports displays rising home demand for smartphones and different cellular units regardless of financial challenges and stress on international change reserves.
Extra learn, Pakistan’s cellular manufacturing falls to 1.81mn items in April 2026: PTA knowledge
Earlier, as per the most recent knowledge launched by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), native cell phone corporations manufactured and assembled 1.81 million items throughout April 2026, marking a pointy decline of 35% month-on-month in comparison with 2.79 million items in March 2026.
On a cumulative foundation, whole native cellular manufacturing and meeting reached 9.17 million items through the first 4 months of 2026, indicating sustained general output regardless of month-to-month volatility in manufacturing ranges.
The year-on-year comparability for April 2026 and 4M2026 couldn’t be carried out, as PTA had beforehand issued April and Could 2025 knowledge in a mixed format, limiting direct period-to-period analysis.
