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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $1.494 billion in the fiscal year 2024-25, registering a negative growth of 21.31 percent compared to $1.898 billion during 2023-24.
In terms of Pakistani rupees, the total value of mobile phone imports stood at Rs 417.351 billion during fiscal year 2024-25. This represents a 22.09 percent decline when compared to Rs535.690 billion in the same period of 2023-24.
On a Month-on-Month (MoM) basis, Pakistan’s mobile phone imports saw a 39.60 percent increase, totalling $139.425 million in June 2025, compared to $99.875 million in May 2025. This is a 49.95 percent decrease year on year (YoY) when compared to $278.574 million in June 2024.
Overall telecom imports into Pakistan stood at $2.099 billion during fiscal year 2024-25, reflecting a negative growth of 11.30 percent when compared to $2.366 billion during the same period of 2023-24.
The local manufacturing/ assembling plants manufactured/ assembled 12.05 million mobile handsets during the first five months (January-May) of the calendar year 2025, compared to 0.76 million imported commercially. Local manufacturing / assembling plants manufactured/assembled 31.38 million mobile phone handsets during the last calendar year 2024, compared to 1.71 million imported commercially.
The 12.5 million mobile handsets manufactured/assembled locally included 6.53 million 2G and 5.52 million smartphones.
Besides, as per the PTA data, 67 per cent of mobile devices are smartphones, and 33 per cent are 2G on the Pakistan network.
