NBS shares trade, export and import data during first 7-months of FY 2024-25

National Bureau of Statistics has shared trade deficit, exports and imports data during the firsts 7 months of fiscal year 2024-25, reported 24NewsHDTV Channel. 

According to the Bureau of Statistics, the trade deficit widened by 2.84 percent from July to January. During January 2025, the trade deficit increased by 17.78 percent. The trade deficit decreased by 5.47% on a monthly basis in January. In January, the volume of trade deficit was 2 billion 31 billion 30 million dollars. July trade deficit was 13 billion 48 billion 80 million dollars. 

Exports increased by 9.98 percent in the first 7 months of this fiscal year while exports increased by 4.59 percent on a year-on-year basis in January. On a month-on-month basis, exports rose 0.31 percent in January while exports in January stood at $2.9 billion. The volume of exports in July-January remained $19. 55billion.

According to statistics, Imports rose on annual basis in January, while imports decreased in January 2025 compared to December 2024. Imports increased by 6.95 percent in the first seven months of the current financial year while imports in January stood at 5.23 billion dollars. In 7 months of the current financial year, imports were more than 33 billion dollars.