\tISLAMABAD, Nov 18 (APP):Pakistan earned US $635.010 million by providing different information technology (IT) services in various countries during the first quarter of financial year 2021-22.<\/p>\n
This shows growth of 42.67 percent when compared to US $445.080 million earned through provision of services during the corresponding period of fiscal year 2020-21, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
\nDuring July-September (2021-22), the export of computer services grew by 40.90 percent as it surged from US $348.400 million last fiscal year to US $490.890 million this year.<\/p>\n
Among the computer services, the exports of software consultancy services witnessed increase of 52.72 percent, from US $115.534 million to US $176.534 million while the exports of hardware consultancy services also rose by 506.52 percent from, US $0.138 million to US $0.837 million.<\/p>\n
The export and import of computer software related services also rose by 42.39 percent, from US $87.575 million to US $124.702 million whereas the exports of repair and maintenance services surge to $0.345 million from $0.145 million.<\/p>\n
In addition, the exports of other computer services increased by 30.03 percent going up from US$ 145.008 million to US $188.560 million.
\nMeanwhile, the export of information services during the period under review increased by 76.32 percent by going up from US $ 0.760 million to US $1.340 million.<\/p>\n
Among the information services, the exports of news agency services increased by 134.06 percent, from US $ 0.411 million to US $ 0.962 million whereas the exports of other information services also increased by 8.31 percent, from US $ 0.349 million to US $ 0.378 million.<\/p>\n
The export of telecommunication services also witnessed an increase of 48.85 percent as these went up from US $95.920 million to 142.780 million during the year under review, the data revealed.<\/p>\n
Among the telecommunication services, the export of call centre services increased by 38.66 percent during the period as its exports increased from US $ 31.751 million to US $44.026 million whereas the export of other telecommunication services also increased by 53.90 percent, from US $64.169 million to US $98.754 million during the period under review, the PBS data revealed.<\/p>\n
It is pertinent to mentioned here that the exports of services from the country, witnessed an increase of 23.20 percent during the first quarter of current financial year (2021-22) as compared to the corresponding period of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The exports of services during July-September (2021-22) were recorded at $1572.04 million against the exports of $1275.97 million in July-September (2020-21), showing growth of 23.20 percent.
\nThe imports from the country also rose by 26.54 percent by growing from $1809.08 million last year to $2289.25 million during the period under review.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, Nov 18 (APP):Pakistan earned US $635.010 million by providing different information technology (IT) services in various countries during the first quarter of financial year 2021-22. This shows growth of 42.67 percent when compared to US $445.080 million earned through provision of services during the […]<\/p>\n
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