Pakistan Exports / Imports - Updates

[Fatman17]

Exports fall in July-May

Trade deficit widens 17.48pc to $34.76bn.

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[Watandar]

I wonder if tea imports are classified under food imports. I remember reading a while back that we import more than half a billion $ worth of tea every year. One of the bigger colonial hangovers that we can do without.

Cannot live without chai. Since coming to Amreeka I am now also a coffee addict.

 

[ghazi52]

According to data from the State Bank of Pakistan, exports of telecommunications, computer, and information services soared 21.14pc to $3.811bn in July-April FY26 from $3.146bn in the corresponding months of last year.

The export of other business services rose 25.41pc to $1.762bn in 10MFY26 from $1.405bn a year ago. However, export of transport services fell 6.88pc to $798m from $857m.

However, the export of travel services surged 39.52pc to $872m in 10MFY26 from $625m.

At the same time, the import of services rose by 8.56pc to $10.310bn in 10MFY26 as against $9.497bn over the corresponding months of last year.

In April, service imports contracted 2.82pc to $888.92m, down from $914.74m in the same month last year.

The largest share of service imports during the first 10 months of FY26 was attributed to the transport sector, with its value rising to $4.206bn from $3.945bn in the corresponding period last year, reflecting growth of 6.62pc.

The second-highest share came from travel services, which surged to $2.665bn during the months under review, compared to $2.082bn in the same period of the previous year — marking a significant increase of 28pc.

The trade deficit in services decelerated by 17.38pc to $2.04bn in 10MFY26, down from $2.47bn in the corresponding period last year.