ISLAMABAD: The Massive Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) within the nation witnessed a unfavourable development of 1.87 % in the course of the first half (July-December) of the present fiscal 12 months (2024-25) as in comparison with the corresponding interval of final 12 months, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
The LSM additionally dipped by 3.73 % on year-on-year foundation (YoY) in December 2024 when in comparison with the identical month of final 12 months. The LSM manufacturing nonetheless elevated by 19.07 % on month-on-month (MoM) in December 2025 as in comparison with November 2024.
The provisional quantum induces of Massive Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) for November 2024, with the bottom 12 months 2015-16, have been developed primarily based on the newest information equipped by the supply companies.
The primary contributors in the direction of total unfavourable development of 1.87% included meals (-0.13), tobacco (0.25), textile (0.36) clothes (1.43), petroleum merchandise (-0.02), cars (0.77), cement (-0.55), iron & metal merchandise (-0.59), electrical tools (-0.60), equipment and tools (-0.15) and furnishings (-2.27).
The manufacturing in July-December 2024-25 as in comparison with July-December 2023-24 has elevated in tobacco, textile, sporting attire, cars and different transport tools whereas it decreased in meals, coke & petroleum merchandise, chemical merchandise, non metallic mineral merchandise, iron & metal merchandise, electrical tools, equipment and tools, and furnishings.
Additionally learn: Pakistan’s cell phone imports drop to $868.551 in seven months
Earlier, the import of cell phones into the nation has witnessed a lower of 12.04 % in the course of the first seven months of the present fiscal 12 months (2024-25) as in comparison with the corresponding months of final 12 months.
Pakistan imported cell phones price US $ 868.551 million throughout July-January (2024-25) as in comparison with the imports of US $ 987.447 million throughout July-January (2023-24), based on the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
In the meantime, on a year-to-year foundation, the import of cell phones additionally dipped by 30.66 % in the course of the month of January 2025 when in comparison with the identical month of final 12 months.