Exports of computer services increase by 32pc

The export of computer services grew over 30 per cent year-on-year to over $111 million during the first two months of 2017-2018, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

According to data collected by the Bureau, as export services grew by 32.11pc, Pakistan earned $111.380 million against the services worth $84.310m,

Pakistan earned $54.365m by exporting software consultancy services, showing a growth of 69.22pc when compared to the export of $32.126m during last year.

Export of hardware consultancy services grew by 144.41pc to $0.72m as compared to the export of $0.299m of the same services during the last year.
The services for maintenance and repairs of computers also earned $0.391m for the country compared to $0.231m, showing growth of 68.97m.

However, the services for the trade of computer software during the period under review witnessed negative growth of 1.01pc as these declined to $40.766m this year from $41.181m during the last year.

The exports of other computer services also increased by 44.46pc, from $10.470m last year to $15.126m during the current fiscal year, the data revealed.

Meanwhile, the export of telecommunication services from the country decreased by 0.93pc by going down from the trade of $63.430m last year to $62.840m during the current fiscal year.

Among the telecommunication services, the exports of call centre service grew by 16.53pc as its trade was recorded at $15.141m during July-August (2017-18) compared to the exports of $12.993m in July-August (2016-17).

The exports of other telecommunication services witnessed negative growth of 5.43pc during the first two months compared to the exports of last year.

The exports of other telecommunication services increased from $50.436m last year to $47.699m during the current year.

The overall services exports from the country increased by 4.94pc during the first two months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period of last year.

The services exports during the period under review were recorded at $816.27m compared to the exports of 777.84m in last year.