PAKISTAN: POLITICAL ECONOMY AND POST-2000 DEVELOPMENTS----16

Table 1: Economic Indicators: 2000-2006

Indicators 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

Jul-Sep

2005

Jul-Sep

2006

+ (-) %

Exports (Billion $US) 9.20 9.13 11.16 12.31 14.39 16.47 4.15 4.27 3

Imports (Billion $US) 10.72 10.34 12.22 15.59 20.60 28.58 6.55 7.43 13

Trade Balance

(Billion $US)

(1.52) (1.20) (1.06) (3.28) (6.21) (12.11) (2.40) (3.16) 32

Net Revenue (Billion

Rs.)

393.9 404.1 460.6 518.8 590.39 712.61 149.2 NA

FDI (Million $US) 322.40 484.70 798.00 949.40 1524 3521 328.7 1029 213

Workers Remittances

(Billion $US)

1.09 2.39 4.24 3.872 4.17 4.60 1.00 1.23 23

Forex Reserves

(Billion $US)

3.22 6.43 10.72 12.33 12.61 13.14 12.0 12.53 4

Exchange Rate (Rs./

US$)

58.4 61.0 57.7 57.92 59.66 60.16 59.5 60.5 2

Stock Exchange

Index

1300 1520 3402 5279 7450 9989 8226 10512 28

GDP Growth 2.6% 3.6% 5.1% 6.4% 8.4% 6.6%

Inflation 4.4% 3.4% 3.3% 3.9% 9.3% 8%

Source: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS), Central Board of Revenue

(CBR), Business Recorder