Pakistan’s exports crossed the $2 billion mark for a second consecutive month in November, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Razak Dawood announced in a tweet Tuesday.
The commerce adviser said exports have increased by 7.2% year-on-year in November, according to the provisional figures received by the government.
Taking to Twitter, Dawood wrote,
We have just received provisional figures for export of goods. I wish to congratulate our exporters that in these very difficult times with resurgence of COVID-19 cases in Pakistan & globally, our exports have increased by 7.2% in November 2020 over the same period last year.1/2
— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) December 1, 2020
Alhamdolillah, we have once again crossed the US$ 2 billion mark per month. 2/2 @ImranKhanPTI @aliya_hamza @PTVNewsOfficial @RadioPakistan @appcsocialmedia @tdap_official @pid_gov @Emergingpk
— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) December 1, 2020
Exports increased to $2.156 billion in November 2020 as compared to $2.011 billion in November 2019.
Dawood explained furthered by sharing that for the first five months of the current year, the exports increased to $9.732 billion as compared to $9.545 billion over the same period last year.
For the first 5 months of the current year, the exports have increased to USD 9.732 billion as compared to USD 9.545 billion over the same period last year. This has been due to hard work of our exporters and they deserve praise for this accomplishment. 2/2
— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) December 1, 2020
Dawood gave credit to the “hard work of our exporters”, saying that they deserve praise for this achievement.