Exports reach historic high in Dec 2020: Razak Dawood
The Adviser said this was the highest export ever in the previous month of December 2020.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment, Abdul Razaq Dawood has expressed his satisfaction that the exports in December 2020 have increased by 18.3% percent to $ 2,357 million as compared to $ 1,993 million in December 2019, showing an increase of $364 million.
The Adviser said this was the highest export ever in the previous month of December 2020.
He chaired a consultative meeting which was held at the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), to review the trends in the provisional (pre-PBS) export figures till the month of December 2020, said a press release issued by Minstry of Commerce here.
He said that the export figures showed the resilience of the economy of Pakistan and was a vindication of the government’s policy to keep the wheels of economy running during COVID-19 pandemic. The 6-months’ performance of exports was also discussed in the meeting.
Dawood, while expressing his satisfaction with the export performance, advised the officials of the MOC that much more needs to be done.
