Pakistan-Afghanistan
COVID-19:Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan moves down by 13 pct
Pakistan’s exports to regional countries, including Afghanistan, has dropped by 22 percent in the first phase of eight months of the current fiscal year amid spike in COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said.
Exports to Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives fell to $1.171 billion from $1.504bn in the previous year, indicate data of the State Bank of Pakistan as reported by Pajhwok Afghan News.
The country’s exports to Afghanistan declined 13.6 percent to $629.324 million from $728.315 million. A few years ago, Afghanistan was the second largest export destination after the US, the Afghanistan news agency reported.
Pakistan is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases in recent times.
The country has recorded 14028 deaths due to the virus so far.
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