The main purpose of this study is to supplement the empirical findings of an earlier paper by the author on the domestic prices of imports in Pakistan [8]. In order to determine the factors which influence the prices of imports in Pakistan, some selected commodities were studied in the earlier...

Imports playa key role in the economy of Pakistan, t:specially since they provide a large share of the nation's industrial raw materials and most of its capital goods. Scarce foreign exchange is rationed and allocated among different types of commodities through an elaborate licensing system. To...