Used Phones Flood Pakistan as Local Smartphone Production Falls 43%

While domestic smartphone production dropped well below its usual monthly level, pakistan's mobile phone manufacturing sector is facing a growing challenge from imported handsets, with applied smartphones making up the bulk of fully built phones brought into the country in September.

Key points

• Pakistan imported 105, 121 applied smartphones in September, valued at approximately $14.03 million, according to data from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
• Taken together, imports of new and applied fully built smartphones reached 128, 737 units during the month, with a combined value of approximately $33.43 million.
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• Aamir Allahwala, senior vice president of the Pakistan Mobile Phone Manufacturers Association, has triggered concern regarding the combination of rising imports and falling domestic production.
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Pakistan imported 105, 121 applied smartphones in September, valued at approximately $14.03 million, according to data from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). During the same month, another 23, 616 new fully built mobile phones were imported at a value of around $19.40 million.

Taken together, imports of new and applied fully built smartphones reached 128, 737 units during the month, with a combined value of approximately $33.43 million. Touchscreen MacBook Pro May Finally Launch Next Month.

Applied smartphones accounted for almost 82 percent of the total fully built imported phones, underscoring a significant shift in demand toward imported second-hand devices. In contrast, local smartphone production fell to just 628, 030 units in September.

For context, the volume of fully built smartphone imports was equivalent to around one-fifth of domestic smartphone output. Throughout locally manufactured and imported fully built smartphones combined, imported devices represented roughly 17 percent of the total volume.

Notably, the trend has been less pronounced in the feature phone segment. Local manufacturers produced around 1.053 million feature phones in September, with industry figures indicating that demand for lower-priced handsets has remained comparatively steady as consumers face financial constraints.

Manufacturers are under pressure from a number of directions, including higher smartphone taxes, reduced consumer purchasing power and climbed competition from applied imported devices. Pakistan Online Payments Hit 92%.

Allahwala cautioned that factories could be forced to close if local manufacturing becomes commercially unsustainable, putting jobs throughout the sector at risk.

Industry stakeholders are calling on the administration to reconsider mobile phone taxation and import policies, arguing that greater reliance on imported devices threatens domestic production and employment while placing further pressure on the country's foreign exchange resources. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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Taken together, the developments around used Phones Flood Pakistan as Local Smartphone Production Falls 43% point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.