Pakistan imports from China clocks in at $1.3bn

December 17, 2025 (MLN): Among Pakistan’s top trading partners, China remained the top source of imports for Pakistan during November, followed by U. A. E. Dubai, Saudi Arabia, and U. S. A..

According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the total imports from China during the period under review went up by 12.3% to $1.32 billion, as compared to $1.18 billion recorded in the corresponding period of last year.

This was followed by U. A. E. Dubai, as Pakistan imported goods worth $581.14m from the country as compared to the imports of $416.42m recorded during the same month of the previous year, depicting a rise of 39.6%.

Saudi Arabia was the third on the list as Pakistan imported products worth $368.23m from the country. This figure was up by 123.9% from the imports of $164.48m in the same period last year.

U. S. A. was the fourth in line as imports came from the region during the aforementioned period were $278.42m, depicting an increase of 78.3% YoY.

Among other countries, Pakistan's imports from the Indonesia stood at $269.63m, marking a rise of 27.9% YoY, while imports from Qatar increased by 0.4% YoY to $198.75m.

Moreover, the imports from Singapore stood at $126.67m, down by 4.9% YoY.

On a monthly basis, the total imports from China dropped by 13.3% MoM. Similarly, imports from U. A. E. Dubai dropped by 10.4% MoM.

Moreover, imports from Saudi Arabia depicted an increase of 7% MoM.

Meanwhile, cumulatively, in 5MFY26, China remained the top source of imports, recording $7.71bn as against the total imports worth $6.28bn in 5MFY25.

Whereas, total imports from U. A. E. Dubai in 5MFY26 stood at $2.82bn, registering an increase of 17.6%.

Cumulatively, Saudi Arabia ranked as the third-largest contributor to Pakistan's imports, accounting for imports valued at $1.6bn in 5MFY26, compared to the imports worth $1.5bn in the same period last year

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