Pakistan imports from China clocks in at $1.76bn

January 19, 2026 (MLN): Among Pakistan’s top trading partners, China remained the top source of imports for Pakistan during December, followed by U. A. E. Dubai, U. S. A., and Saudi Arabia.

According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, the total imports from China during the period under review went up by 39% to $1.76 billion, as compared to $1.27 billion recorded in the corresponding period of last year.

This was followed by U. A. E. Dubai, as Pakistan imported goods worth $582.43m from the country as compared to the imports of $518.72m recorded during the same month of the previous year, depicting a rise of 12.3%.

U. S. A. was the third on the list as Pakistan imported products worth $437.81m from the country. This figure was up by 136.4% from the imports of $185.17m in the same period last year.

Saudi Arabia was the fourth in line as imports came from the region during the aforementioned period were $323.32m, depicting an increase of 4.1% YoY.

Among other countries, Pakistan's imports from the Indonesia stood at $309.57m, marking a rise of 21.7% YoY, while imports from Qatar decreased by 18.6% YoY to $216.66m.

Moreover, the imports from Singapore stood at $182.37m, down by 16.5% YoY.

On a monthly basis, the total imports from China increased by 32.8% MoM. Similarly, imports from U. A. E. Dubai increased by 0.2% MoM.

Moreover, imports from U. S. A. depicted an increase of 57.2% MoM.

Meanwhile, cumulatively, in 6MFY26, China remained the top source of imports, recording $9.47bn as against the total imports worth $7.54bn in 6MFY25.

Whereas, total imports from U. A. E. Dubai in 6MFY26 stood at $3.4bn, registering an increase of 16.7%.

Cumulatively, Saudi Arabia ranked as the third-largest contributor to Pakistan's imports, accounting for imports valued at $1.92bn in 6MFY26, compared to the imports worth $1.81bn in the same period last year

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