Pakistan Spends $89 Mln For Import Of Insurance Services
Sumaira FH Published January 18, 2020 | 12:19 PM
Pakistan spent $89.621 million by acquiring different foreign insurance services from various countries during the first four months of the financial year 2019-20
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Jan, 2020 ) :Pakistan spent $89.621 million by acquiring different foreign insurance services from various countries during the first four months of the financial year 2019-20.
This shows decrease of 3.62 percent when compared to $92.990 million spent on provision of such services during the corresponding period of last year 2018-19, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
During the period under review, the direct insurance services dipped by 17.18 percent, from $26.010 to $21.541 million during July-October (2019-20).
Among the direct insurance services, the imports of life insurance services decreased by 85.81 percent, from $1.550 million to $0.220 million this year, while the import of freight insurance services also decreased by 40.93 percent, from $12.410 million to $7.331 million.
In addition, the other direct insurance services however increased by 16.10 percent, from $13.990 million to $12.050 million during the last year, the PBS data revealed.
Meanwhile, the import of auxiliary insurance services during the current year (2019-20), increased by 78.54 percent, from $1.714 million to $0.960 million last year, whereas the import of reinsurance services witnessed nominal increase of 0.52 percent, from $66.366 million to $66.020 million during the last year.
It is pertinent to mention here that the services trade deficit of the country during five months of current financial year decreased by 6.59% as compared the corresponding period of last year.
During the period from July-November, 2019-20, services exports grew by 2.95%, whereas imports reduced by 1.36%, according the data released by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Services worth $2.165 billion exported in last five months as compared the exports of $2.103 billion in same period of last year, whereas imports of services into the country was recorded at $3.784 billion as against the imports of $3.836 billion, the data revealed.
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