Gold price decreases Rs 350 to Rs 110,300 per tola
The gold price in the in international market witnessed decrease of $19
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The price of 24 karat per tola gold decreased by Rs350 on Thursday and was sold at Rs110,300 against sale at Rs110,650, Karachi Sarafa Association reported.
The price of ten gram 24 karat gold also decreased by Rs300 and was traded at Rs94,564 against Rs94,864 while that of ten gram 22 karat gold decreased to Rs86,684 from Rs86,959.
The price of per tola and ten gram silver remained constant at Rs1420 and Rs1217.42 respectively.
The gold price in the in international market witnessed decrease of $19 and was sold at $1790 against its sale at $1809, the association added.
Gold imports decreased
On the other hand, the gold imports into the country decreased by 52.99 percent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
The gold imports during July-January (2020-21) were recorded at $4.732 million as compared to the imports of $10.067 million during July-January (2019-20), the data revealed.
In terms of quantity, Pakistan imported just 77 kilograms of gold during the period under review as compared to the imports of 244 kilograms last year, showing a decline of 68.44 percent.
On year-on-year basis, the gold imports into the country witnessed sharp decline of 61.07 percent during the month of January 2021 as compared to the imports of January 2020. The gold imports during January 2021 were recorded at $0.350 million against the imports of $0.899 million in January 2020.
In terms of quantity, the gold imports decreased by 72.22 percent from 18 kilograms during January 2020 to imports of just 5 kilograms in January 2021.
On month-on-month basis, the gold imports during January 2021 decreased by 28.
72 percent when compared to the imports of $0.491 million in December 2020 while in terms of quantity, the imports decreased by 37.50 percent in January 2021 when compared to the imports of 8 kilogram in December 2020.
It is pertinent to mention here that the country s merchandize exports increased by 5.53 percent during the first seven months of the current fiscal year (2020-21) as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
The exports of the country during July-January (2020-21) were recorded at $14.242 billion against the exports of $13.496 billion during July-January (2019-20), according to the latest PBS data.
The imports during the period under review also increased by 6.92 percent by growing from $27.316 billion last year to $29.205 billion during the first seven months of current fiscal year.
Based on the figures, the country s trade deficit increased by 8.27 percent during the first seven months as compared to the corresponding period of last year. The trade deficit during the first seven months of the current fiscal year was recorded at $14.963 billion against the deficit of $13.820 billion last year.
