Overseas investors repatriate around $752m in 3MFY26

October 21, 2025 (MLN): Foreign investors ' repatriation of profit and dividends rose 85.83% YoY in 3MFY26 to $751.7 million compared to $404.5m 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 $734.6m worth of profit against the foreign direct investments (FDI) in various businesses compared to $381.6m in SPLY,marking an an increase of around 92.51% YoY in 3MFY26.

The outflow as payment against portfolio investment stood at $17.1m, compared with $23m in 3MFY26, witnessing a drop of 25.65% YoY from 3MFY25.

Meanwhile, in September 2025 alone, repatriation of profits and dividends by foreign firms stood at $159m.

Sector-wise:

Sectorial representation of the data shows that the major sectors that witnessed the highest repatriation include the Power , Financial Business, Communications, Food and Tobacco & Cigarettes sectors.

Among these, the Power sector repatriated the highest profits of $186m in 3MFY26 to overseas.

The data further revealed that Profit outflows from the Financial Business sector clocked in at $183.9m.

Profits outflow from the Communications sector increased significantly to $68.3m in 3MFY26.

The payments made on total foreign investment under the Food and Tobacco & Cigarettes sector stood at $61.6m and $42.3m 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 the China dispatched the single largest profit of $205.6m during 3MFY26, compared to $34.3m repatriated in the same period prior fiscal year.

To note, in the month of September alone, payments to China stood at $65.7m.

The United Kingdom witnessed the repatriation of the second-highest profits as the country repatriated $162.2m abroad during 3MFY26, compared with $145.5m in 3MFY25.

Third in line was Netherlands which repatriated $92.3m from Pakistan, up as compared to the number during SPLY, when the country remitted $6.7m as profit income from Pakistan.

Next in line was United States with a profit repatriation of $68.6m during the review period.

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