Pakistan's exports grown to $2.357 billion for Dec 2020, PM felicitates exporters

Pakistan's exports for the month of December 2020 have grown by 18.3 percent to $ 2.357 billion

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Adviser to the Prime Minister for Commerce and Investment, Abdul Raza Dawood on Friday said that Pakistan exports for the month of December 2020 have grown to $ 2.357 billion by rate of 18.3 percent as compared to December 2019.

According to provisional data, Pakistan exports for the month of December 2020 have grown by 18.3 percent to $ 2.357 billion as compared to $ 1.993 billion in December 2019, an increase of $ 364 million over December 2019, the Adviser said this on his official twitter account.

This is the HIGHEST EXPORT EVER IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. For the period July-December 2020, our exports increased by 4.9% to USD 12.104 billion as compared to USD 11.533 billion in the corresponding period last year. 2/4

— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) January 1, 2021

The adviser said that this shows the resilience of the economy of Pakistan and it is a vindication of the government s policy to keep the wheels of economy running during COVID-19 pandemic. "I commend our exporters for achieving this feat during these testing times and urge them to aggressively focus on capturing a larger share of international trade" he said.

While appreciating the exporter, he said that "You are a great asset for our country and I acknowledge your efforts" He informed that in the meeting of the National Command and Operations Centre (NCOC) held yesterday, the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy was discussed.

…& urge them to aggressively focus on capturing a larger share of int l trade. EXPORTERS YOU ARE A GREAT ASSET FOR OUR COUNTRY & I SALUTE YOU ALL. 4/4@ImranKhanPTI @aliya_hamza @PTVNewsOfficial @RadioPakistan @appcsocialmedia @tdap_official @GovtofPakistan @epwing_official

— Abdul Razak Dawood (@razak_dawood) January 1, 2021

It is the view of the Ministry of Commerce to encourage our pharmaceutical industry to seek collaboration for local manufacturing of the COVID-19 vaccine, he said.

"I have complete faith in the capabilities of our pharmaceutical manufacturers that they can reach out and collaborate with the international pharmaceutical companies to manufacture the COVID-19 vaccine in Pakistan under license," Razak Dawood said.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated all the exporters on achieving record exports last month with a growth of 18 percent over the previous year.

In a tweet, he appreciated the development and urged the exporters to keep up this trend.

Congratulations to all the exporters on achieving record exports in Dec 2020 with a growth of 18 % over the previous year. Well done & keep up this trend. A major pillar of our govt s economic policy is export enhancement & we will provide full support to promote export culture.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 1, 2021

The Prime Minister said a major pillar of our government s economic policy is export enhancement and we will provide full support to promote export culture.