Exports grew by 43 percent in 4 years

KARACHI (March 05 2005): "Exports of Pakistan grew by 43 percent with a total value of 3.2 billion dollars during 2000-2004. Out of the total, 28 percent growth, amounting to 8.5 million dollars came from non-traditional products". This was quoted in the advance summary of "Foreign Trade of Pakistan," a publication released by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) to be used as a reference to the key indicators of Pakistan's exports. It also contains a short reference on the country's imports.

The book analyses the exports by sector, region and top 20 countries along with an analysis, highlighting the countries that aided growth or caused decline.

Similarly, in regional and country analysis, the booklet reflects product sectors that assisted growth or caused decline.

The sectoral export tables provides long-term perspective, defining the trend as compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for three years.

Export tables have been structured by core products development and others categories. The sub-sectoral figures provide great assistance in meaningfully analysing the export figures.

The booklet contains export details by economic categories, ie pricing, semi-manufactured and manufactured.

Top 20 products are summarised along with the CAGR for three years. Top 20 countries for each of the top 20 products are also identified in the booklet.

The export analysis summarises top 20 countries along with the CAGR for three years. For each country, the top 20 product sectors have been identified with a view to guide the Pakistani exporters.


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