According to TDAP here Tuesday, imports during July-December 2011-12 stood at $ 22.713 billion as compare to $ 19.102 billion during the same period of the year 2010-11, registering 18.9 percent growth.

During December 2011 exports were valued at $ 1.854 billion which was 11.5 percent lower than $ 2.094 billion during December 2010.

Imports during December 2011 were valued at $ 4.261 billion, registering a growth of 13.6 per cent over the level of imports valued at $ 3.751 billion in December 2010.