KABUL: Exports to Afghanistan dropped to 346,928 Tons during the first two months of current fiscal compared to 394,500 Tons during same period of last fiscal showing a decline.
Exports by sea suffered even more as against the quantity of 537,120 Tons exported during July and August 2015, the exports during July and August 2016 were 407,120 Tons.
However increased exports to India adjusted these shortfalls to some extent.
The quantity exported to India during the first two months of current fiscal was 268,230 Tons compared to 100,437 Tons during same period of last fiscal.
Industry has come a long way in the past two decades increasing its installed capacity by five times during this period doubling its production capacity every 7-8 years.
The buoyancy in the sector, on the strength of robust domestic consumption during last 20 months, has encouraged the players to go for further expansion in capacities.
The sector has grown at the rate of 10. 97 percent in the first two months of this fiscal. It posted growth even in July despite Eid holidays that lasted for a week.
Growth of domestic consumption in August is also robust as the consistent rains failed to affect the construction activities. The already launched infrastructure projects also gave boost to cement uptake.
The upcoming projects along CPEC route would further boost consumption. Due to this, various companies are going for expansion which will increase the overall capacity and will help in the development of CPEC Projects.
