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From January to August 2023, local manufacturing facilities in Pakistan produced and assembled 10.87 million mobile handsets, while 0.84 million were commercially imported. Among the locally manufactured/assembled mobiles, 7.62 million were 2G, and 3.04 million were smartphones.
In the preceding year, local manufacturing plants had produced 21.94 million mobile handsets. However, the manufacturing numbers were notably higher in 2021, with 24.66 million handsets produced/assembled in the country.
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Comparatively, in 2022, alongside the locally manufactured 21.94 million mobile handsets, 1.53 million handsets were commercially imported, according to data from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
Mobile phone imports in Pakistan experienced a remarkable 76 percent increase during the first two months of the current fiscal year, as per recent data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
In August 2023, mobile phone imports reached $111.34 million, marking a 77 percent increase compared to the same month in 2022. Similarly, July 2023 saw mobile phone imports totaling $68.13 million, reflecting a 76 percent increase compared to July of the previous year.
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