In the first week of April, the value of exports increased by 37.57 percent to $9.32 billion, compared to $6.78 billion in the same period last year. Exports increased by 295.81 percent in the first week of April this year, to $1.71 billion, compared to $1.71 billion in 2019-20.
The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, which resulted in a strict lockdown for nearly three months and halted many business activities, impacted exports during the first week of April in 2020. According to ANI, the government announced in the first week of April that exports excluding petroleum increased by 24.32 percent over the same period last year.
Meanwhile, imports increased by 8.29 percent to $10.54 billion in the first week of April, compared to $9.73 billion in the same period last year. Furthermore, imports increased by 275.53 percent from $2.81 billion in the same period of 2019-20. Imports excluding petroleum increased by 16.01 percent in the most recent week compared to the same period in 2020-21.
