Pakistan earned US $878.295 million from providing various transport services to international markets during the first eleven months of the fiscal year 2024–25, reflecting a 25.06% increase compared to $702.303 million in the same period of the previous year, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
During this period, exports of sea transport services rose modestly by 1.34%, from $100.952 million to $102.305 million. Within this category, freight service exports showed strong growth, increasing by 60.56% from $53.787 million to $86.359 million. However, exports of other sea transport services dropped significantly by 66.19%, falling from $47.165 million to $15.946 million.
The exports of air transport also increased by 25.77 percent going up from $574.910 million last year to $723.079 million during July-May 2024-25.
Among the air transport services, the exports of passenger services decreased by 4.01 percent, from $409.428 million to $392.999 million, whereas the exports of freight services surged by 140.89 percent, from $11.235 million to $ 27.065 million, in addition, the export of other air transport services witnessed an increase of 96.45 percent from $154.245 million to $303.014 million.
Meanwhile, the exports of road transport services during the period under review witnessed a growth of 67.09 percent going up from $22.715 million to $37.955 million during the period under review, it added.
Among the road transport services, the exports of freight services witnessed a surged of 42.70 percent from $3.665 million to $5.230 million, while the export of other road services increased by 71.79 percent from $19.050 million to $32.725 million.
The export of postal and courier services also increased by 301.39 percent, from $3.725 million to $14.954 million, the data revealed.
Source: Dunya News
