Karachi: The production of mobile phones manufactured or assembled locally increased by 28 percent in December 2024 in the middle of a high demand for low -priced smartphones.
However, the import of mobile phones also increased by 50 percent during the first six months of 2024-25, indicating the increase in market size.
“Pakistan met 95 percent of his demand for mobile phones through the local manufacturing/assembly in 2024, compared to an average of the last five years (2019-2023) of 67pc and eight years (2016-2023) average average 47 percent, “said a research report,” he said a research report, “he said a research report,” he said a research report, “said higher -line values.
According to the latest data published by the Telecommunications Authority of Pakistan (PTA), local mobile companies manufactured or gathered 2.95 million units, 28 percent more than month in month in December 2024.
The arrival of imported sets increases 50pc by 1HFy25
According to the data of the State Bank, the import of mobile phones increased by 50 percent to $ 52.9 million in the first half of fiscal year 2015 compared to $ 35.2 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
The Total Import Law of the Telecommunications Sector increased 22.61PC to $ 1,030 billion in 1HFy25 from $ 840 million in the same period of the last fiscal year.
In the fiscal year24, the total import invoice of the telecommunications sector was $ 1,896 billion – $ 65.6 million for mobile phones and $ 1,830 billion for other devices.
The import invoice for mobile phones jumped almost six times in the fiscal year24 to $ 65.6 million $ 11.6 million in fiscal year 23. However, the demand remained too high, and the units manufactured locally served 95 % of the demand of the market.
“This requires total sales manufactured/assembled locally in all units from 2024 to 31.38m, up to 47pc on Cy2023, the research report said.
Within the mobile phones assembled locally in 2024, 59pc (18.64 m units) were smartphones and the remaining 41pc (12.74 m units) 2g Telephone.
The 10 best assembled brands locally for 2024 include Infinix (3.98m units), followed by ITEL (3.64m units), VGO Tel (3.37m units), Tecno (2.85m units), Vivo (2.77m units), Xiaomi (2.35 m units), Realme (1.76m units), Samsung (1.51m units), G’five (1.44m units) and Nokia (1.36m units).
As of January 2024, the country had 188.9 million mobile connections, 77.8pc of the total population. Pakistan currently occupies the seventh place with a total of 193.2 million mobile phones.
Most of the manufacture or assembly of mobile phones is carried out with the help of Chinese companies, and the sector is growing the highest compared to the other sectors of the economy.
Posted in Dawn, February 8, 2025
