Business Desk 
Nov 19, 2025
An image of Apple iPhone Air launched at the Apple 'Awe Dropping' Event 2025 held on September 9 in California. — Screengrab/Apple YouTube channel/Canva
Partially attributed to the lack of local manufacturing in the country, Pakistan's smartphone import remained sky-high in the first four months (July-October), valued at $644.604 million, of the fiscal year 2026.
This extent of mobile phone imports in Pakistan marks a 53.18% uptick compared to $420.807 million in the same period last year. In Pakistan's local currency (PKR), imports grew 55.64% to Rs182.126 billion.
How many smartphones Pakistan imported in October 2025?
On a month-on-month basis, however, imports fell by 27.44% in October 2025, amounting to $144.593 million, noting a downward trend from $199.270 million in September 2025.
How many smartphones Pakistan imported in 2025?
On a year-on-year basis, mobile devices' October 2025 imports into Pakistan also declined by 17.06% compared to $174.341 million in October 2024.
During FY 2024-25, Pakistan's total mobile phone imports decreased 21.31% to $1.494 billion, down from $1.898 billion in FY 2023-24. The overall tally of telecom imports accounted for $2.099 billion after registering an 11.30% decline.
On the other hand, local manufacturing of smartphones is said to have picked up some pace.
Citing data, PhoneWorld noted that Pakistan manufactured or locally assembled locally 22.78 million handsets in the first nine months of 2025, including 11.92 million smartphones and 10.86 million 2G phones. In September only, the production was recorded at 3.01 million units.
Currently, 70% of devices on Pakistan’s network are smartphones, while 30% are 2G.
Notwithstanding this growth in local smartphone production, high-end flagship devices like iPhones and premium Samsung models are still largely imported, contributing to a high import bill that exceeds domestic manufacturing output.
