Overseas investors repatriate over $2bn in FY25

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MG News | July 21, 2025 at 05:53 PM GMT+05:00

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July 21, 2025 (MLN): Foreign investors ' repatriation of profit and dividends rose 0.2% YoY in FY25 to $2.22 billion compared to $2.22bn 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 $2.1bn worth of profit against the foreign direct investments (FDI) in various businesses compared to $2.09bn in SPLY, marking an increase of around 0.93% YoY in FY25.

The outflow as payment against portfolio investment stood at $114.98m, compared with $130.04m in FY25, witnessing a drop of 11.59% YoY from FY24.

Meanwhile, in June 2025 alone, repatriation of profits and dividends by foreign firms stood at $114.22m.

Sector-wise:

Sectoral representation of the data shows that the major sectors that witnessed the highest repatriation include the Power, Financial Business, Food, Communications and Oil & Gas Exploration sectors.

Among these, the Power sector repatriated the highest profits of $398.91m in FY25 to overseas.

The data further revealed that Profit outflows from the Financial Business sector clocked in at $385.21m.

Profits outflow from the Food sector increased significantly to $306.1m in FY25.

The payments made on total foreign investment under the Communications and Oil & Gas Explorations sector stood at $156.76m and $146.36m, 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 United Kingdom dispatched the single largest profit of $625.58m during FY25, compared to $558.57m repatriated in the same period prior fiscal year.

To note, in the month of June alone, payments to the United Kingdom stood at $39.09m.

China witnessed the repatriation of the second-highest profits as the country repatriated $291.44m abroad during  FY25, compared with $192.84m in FY24.

Third in line was United States, which repatriated $223.01m from Pakistan, compared to the number during SPLY, when the country remitted $157.75m as profit income from Pakistan.

Next in line was Netherlands with a profit repatriation of $217.07m during the review period.

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