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23.94% IT exports increased in July-March compared to same period in last year

Islamabad, May 14, 2020 (PPI-OT): On the direction of the Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication, Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication is making special efforts to promote IT exports and encourage IT companies. IT and IT enabled services (ITes) export remittances comprising of computer services and call center services have surged to US $901.486 million at growth rate of 23.94 % over the first 9 months of FY 2019-20 (July-March), in comparison to US $727.353 million during the same period in FY 2018-19, according to performance report of Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), an organization under Ministry of IT and Telecommunication.

Whereas IT and IT enabled services (ITes) export remittances, including telecommunication, computer and information services have surged to US $1.054 billion at a growth rate of 19.91 % over the first 9 months of FY 2019-20 (July-March), in comparison to US $878.8 million during the same period in FY 2018-19.

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