ISLAMABAD, Aug 18: The services sector exports went up by 9.44 per cent in 2006-07 over last year, Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) said on Saturday. The services export proceeds totalled to $4.125 billion as against $3.769 billion last year. It witnessed a robust growth of 90.93 per cent to $811.400 million in June 2007 as against $424.982 million over the same month last year.

Export of goods recorded a negligible growth of around four per cent during 2006-07.

Imports of services climbed by 0.63 per cent to $8.250 billion during 2006-07 as against $8.198 billion over the same period last year.

On a monthly basis, the import of services declined by 7.15 per cent to $708.885 million during June 2007 as against $763.445 million last year.

The deficit in the trade of services reached $4.125 billion during 2006-07 as against $4.429 billion over the same period last year, indicating a growth of 6.87 per cent.

The deficit in services declined by 130.29 per cent to $102.515 million in June 2007 as against $338.463 million over the same month last year.