http://www.worldstopexports.com/pakistans-top-10-imports/
* Note these figures were from 2016 when dollar was around $80 for 1 rupee
TEA
Pakistanis Drink Too Much Tea—Imports Increased By 3.19 Percent. According to statistics Pakistan has imported Tea worth
$491 million in the last 11 months form July, 2016 to May, 2017 to meet the current rising demand of Tea in the country
More rupees now are needed to import same amount
Mineral Fuel:
Mineral fuels including oil: US$17.1 billion (28.4% of total imports)
Was expecting it to be just 5 billion , isn't 17 Billion a bit high ????
When we live next to Iran cheap oil source !!! Come on people come on!!!
it is a necessity and best is to build more and more green technology in generating technology and mix fuel with ethanol petrol just like in brazil made out of sugar cane's waste .
Computers:
Machinery including computers: $6.3 billion (10.4%)
instead of importing computers and machinery why not we ask investors to manufacture computers and other electronic stuff in the country and for that thegovernment must facilitate them and give them incentives.
Electric Machinery:
Electrical machinery, equipment: $4.3 billion (7.2%)
it should be allowed to import but should people and or companies should get permission on case by case basis
Raw Items:
Iron, steel: $3.7 billion (6.1%)
we need to explore our provinces which we have not done yet and fata and balochistan is full of such minerals.
Organic Chemicals
Organic chemicals: $2.8 billion (4.6%)
Vehicles & Automobile
Vehicles: $2.6 billion (4.3%)
[Killing our state bank foreign reserves]
again we need to bring in more companies and accommodate them and give them incentives. also we should put some strong regulations regarding environment too.
Plastics
Plastics, plastic articles: $2.5 billion (4.1%)
[Ban Plastic Bottles and Bags !!!]
these should be totally banned ..... textile based or traditrional bags should b introduced
Animals / Vegetable Oil
Animal/vegetable fats, oils, waxes: $2.1 billion (3.5%) what??????
domestic animals should b banned from outside and exotic animals must b regulated ......
Oil Seeds:
Oil seeds: $1.5 billion (2.4%)
Cotton:
Cotton: $1.3 billion (2.1%)
Come on man we are agricultural country we are importing cotton for 1.3 Billion wtf
cotton should b produced locally and if needed then under Economic Cooperation Organisation ( ECO) we can import cotton from Turkmanistan and Uzbekistan.
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Immediate Avoidable Items
** Ban Cotton Import -----------------------------------: Save 1.3 Billion Dollars
** Ban Vegetable/Animal Fat , use local animal fat----: Save 2.1 Billion Dollars
** Ban Automobile Import------------------------------: Save 2.6 Billion Dollars
** Ban Plastic Imports ----------------------------------:Save 2.5 Billion Dollars
** Reduce Oil Imports by 50% -------------------------:Save 8.0 Billion Dollars
We can save almost 15 Billion dollar from our Books by just , banning stuff we don't need!!!