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  • Kot Addu Power Company (Kapco), a power generation firm, is mulling to acquire 17.37% stake in Hub Power Company (Hubco). The proposed acquisition would cost Kapco approximately PKR 24 billion based on Hubco’s share value of PKR 119.98.

Pakistan Economy

  • Foreign investors repatriated $1.343 Billion (profit & dividends) during 7-month period Jul17-Jan18.

Textiles

  • World textile exports currently stand at roughly $800 billion. Pakistan’s share is at $12 billion which is 1.5% of total world exports whereas China’s share is 30%.
  • Pakistan cotton production for 2017-18 has been recorded at 11.5 Million bales (63% by Punjab 36% by Sindh) as compared to last year figure of 10.6 Million bales.
  • Pakistan’s textile exports reduced by 10% (from $13.8 billion in 2010-11 to $12.5 billion last year) in contrast to 31% growth by India (from $27 billion to $36 billion last year), 63% by Bangladesh (from $19 billion $32 billion) & 107% by Vietnam(from $15 billion to $31 billion).
  • Pakistan has around 200 garment factories as compared to 4,000 in Bangladesh.
  • Pakistan is the 4th largest cotton producer and 3rd largest cotton user in the world.

Agriculture & Livestock

  • In 2016-17, Pakistan imported 1.98 Million tons of edible oil worth PKR 152.5 Billion while its local production touched 0.45 Million tons.
  • Pakistan exported total 2.28 million metric tons of rice worth $1.06 billion in Jul17-Jan18 period as compared to 1.971 million metric tons amounting to $0.820 million.
  • Agri sector produces 24% of Pakistan’s GDP & employs 50% of workforce.
  • The International Grains Council (IGC) puts Pakistan’s total grains production at 31.3 million tons in 2016-17, compared with 31.1 million the year before.
  • Pakistan is set to import a total of 200,000 tons of grains in 2016-17, down from 400,000 the year before.
  • Pakistan is the 5th largest citrus producer, 10th largest rice producer & 4th largest rice exporter of the world.
  • Rice is country’s 2nd biggest export after textiles.
  • Wheat procurement price was set at PKR 1,300 per 40Kg for the 2016-17 season. Wheat stock as on 28.02.17 was 5.52M tons.
  • Livestock is 60% of total agri in Pakistan, employs more than 35M people & produces almost USD 500M worth of products. Pakistan is the 5th largest milk producer of the world.

Auto Sector

  • The production of motor bikes in the country increased by 16.91% during 7-month period Jul17-Jun18 (rose to 1,091,555 units from 935,951 units in same period of previous year). Honda has the majority share of 59% in production.
  • The automotive industry contributes nearly PKR 50 billion (3% of GDP), employing a workforce of 192,000 directly and 1.2 million indirectly.
  • There are 500 auto-parts manufacturers in the country that supply parts to original equipment manufacturers.
  • Auto sector presently, contributes 16% to the manufacturing sector. Vehicles’ manufacturers directly employ over 192,000 people with a total investment of over $ 1.5 billion.
  • Currently, there are around 82 vehicles’ assemblers in the industry producing passengers cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks, buses, tractors and 2/3 wheelers.

Power

  • Country’s 4th nuclear reactor, Chashma-III of 340MW came online on 29.12.16.
  • Pakistan’s installed capacity was 22,104MW at the end of March 2015 with hydro and thermal capacities occupying 7,097 MW (30%)and 15,480 MW(70%) respectively.

Oil & Gas

  • Present annual LNG supply of Pakistan is 400 MMCFD which is expected to increase to 2,200 MMCFD in next few years.
  • Pakistan’s natural gas production is approx. 4,000 MMCFD while the demand stands at 6,500-8,000 MMCFD.

Sugar

  • Pakistan is 6th largest sugar exporter of the world. It is the 2nd largest agro-based industry of the country with 89 sugar mills spread all over the country and a daily crushing capacity of nearly 0.7M tons.
  • Pakistan’s per capita sugar consumption is 25kg per annum & 60% of the commodity is used in local processed food sector.
  • For 2016-17 season, expected local sugar production is 5.5M tons (extracted from 70M tons sugarcane), carryover stock from last season is 1.2M tons, local annual consumption is 5M tons & excess stock of 1.7M tons is expected next year.

Cement

  • In 2014, Pakistan is world’s 17th largest cement producer and 18th largest consumer. Total installed and operating capacities in the local cement industry were 45.64M tonnes and 34.89M tonnes during FYE 06/2015.
  • In North, there are about 19 cement plant units with annualized cement production capacity of about 37M tonnes (81% of total country capacity) whereas South has about 5 companies with annualized cement production capacity of about 8.6M tonnes (19% of total country capacity).
  • Planned expansion in sector is over 28M tons in the next 5 years taking the total capacity to 72M tons.

Pharmaceutical

  • There are around 400 pharma manufacturing units in Pakistan out of which more than 350 are local entities while over 25 units are subsidiaries of well-known international pharmaceutical brands.
  • Total number of manufacturing companies is around 430 out of which around 406 are national and 24 are multinational companies.
  • Pharmaceutical spending accounts for less than 1% of the country’s GDP.
  • Export turnover of pharma industry in Pakistan in 2015 was US $200 million.

Surgical Instruments

  • Surgical instrument manufacturing is concentrated in the city of Sialkot which exports nearly 90% of its production.
  • Exports have registered a cumulative growth of 20% and stand at USD 332M as of June, 2012.

Banking

  • As on 31.12.16, total deposit stood at 11,203B, Advances at 5,572B, Investments at 7,233B, Avg. spread at 5.02%, Avg. lending rate 8.04%, Avg. deposit rate at 3.02% / ADR at 49.74% & Investment to deposit ratio at 67%.

Telecom

  • In Oct-16, total cell users stood at PKR 135M (3G-33Mn, 4G-2.5Mn), for FY16, Revenues were at 348B (2% YoY growth), Branchless banking accounts at 14.6M accounts, Branchless deposits at 14B & Branchless agents at 0.35M.

Fertilizers

  • Local urea bag price stands at PKR 1,400/bag while DAP price is PKR 2,500/ bag. PKR 200 subsidy per bag currently being allowed.
  • 0.3M tons urea export was allowed till Apr-17
  • International prices of DAP have increased to USD 375/ton in Mar-17, up by +17% from low of USD 320/ton back in Dec-16.

Steel

  • Pakistan demand for steel is around 6-7M tons/ two thirds of which is met by the local sector (600 small and big local players).
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