ISLAMABAD : The export of surgical goods and medical instruments  during the first month of current financial year up by 17.57pc as compared to same month of last year. In July, 2013 surgical goods and medical instruments worth $30.814m exported as compared to the exports of $26.210m recorded in July 2012. The exports of chemicals and pharma products increased by 66. 51pc and reached at $106.02m in last month which was recorded at $ 63.67m during the same month of last financial year.
During the period under review, exports of pharmaceutical products grew by 5.76 percent and country earned US$ 14.68 million by exporting the different pharmaceutical products as compared to US$ 12.04 million of same period last year, it added.
In month of July, cutlery goods worth US$ 7.25 million exported from the country which were recorded at US$ 7.23 million in same month of last financial year showing an increase of 0.25 percent, the data revealed.