The import of mobile phone in the country has registered increase of 13.79 percent during the month of August, as compared to the previous month of July, 2011.

The import of the commodity in the country stood at $56.04 million during August 2011 whereas its import in July, 2011 was recorded at $49.25 million during, federal board of statistics (FBS) reported.

The import of mobile phone witnessed the increase of 50.58 during July-August 2011-12 over the same period of last year.

The country imported the commodity worth $ 105.31 during the period under review while the commodity worth $69.93 imported during the same period of last year.

The import of mobile phone was increased by 81.21 percent in the month of August 2011 over the month of August 2010.

During the period, the import of commodity stood at $56.04 against the import of commodity worth of $30.93 during same period of last year.