Overseas investors repatriate $593m in 2MFY26

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MG News | September 19, 2025 at 06:56 PM GMT+05:00

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September 19, 2025 (MLN): Foreign investors ' repatriation of profit and dividends rose 115.76% YoY in 2MFY26 to $592.7 million compared to $274.71m worth of repatriation in the same period last year, the latest data issued by the central bank revealed.

The data further revealed that during the period, foreign companies repatriated $591.39m worth of profit against the foreign direct investments (FDI) in various businesses compared to $268.08m in SPLY, marking an increase of around 120.6% YoY in 2MFY26.

The outflow as payment against portfolio investment stood at $1.31m, compared with $6.63m in 2MFY26, witnessing a drop of 80.25% YoY from 2MFY25.

Meanwhile, in August 2025 alone, repatriation of profits and dividends by foreign firms stood at $348.74m.

Sector-wise:

Sectoral representation of the data shows that the major sectors that witnessed the highest repatriation include the Power, Financial Business, Communications, Food and Pharmaceuticals & OTC Products sectors.

Among these, the Power sector repatriated the highest profits of $169.67m in 2MFY26 to overseas.

The data further revealed that Profit outflows from the Financial Business sector clocked in at $135.4m.

Profits outflow from the Communications sector increased significantly to $66.78m in 2MFY26.

The payments made on total foreign investment under the Food and Pharmaceuticals & OTC Products sector stood at $35.11m and $22.97m, respectively, during the review period.

Country-wise:

A country-wise break-up of data on repatriation of profit released by SBP revealed that firms and individual investors in China dispatched the single largest profit of $205.59m during 2MFY26, compared to $20.53m repatriated in the same period prior fiscal year.

To note, in the month of August alone, payments to China stood at $116.78m.

The United Kingdom witnessed the repatriation of the second-highest profits as the country repatriated $96.46m abroad during 2MFY26, compared with $93.24m in 2MFY25.

Third in line was Netherlands, which repatriated $86.65m from Pakistan, up as compared to the number during SPLY, when the country remitted $5.45m as profit income from Pakistan.

Next in line was U.A.E with a profit repatriation of $44.86m during the review period.

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