Production growth in construction related industries appear reasonable including cement, wood, paints and varnish units, followed by fertilizer, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining and few metal and engineering good.
In these sectors, Pakistan can reduce rate of import dependency (such as petroleum refining where production capacity is 13.2 million tons relative to consumption which is 18 million tons) through capacity augmentation and even consider exploiting export markets. In contrast to some of these sectors, first quarter results of some industries reflect slower growth.