Pakistan imports from China clocks in at $2bn

August 19, 2026 (MLN): Among Pakistan’s top trading partners, China remained the top source of imports for Pakistan during July, followed by U. A. E. Dubai, Singapore, 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 24.4% to $2.11 billion, as compared to $1.7 billion recorded in the corresponding period of last year.

This was followed by U. A. E. Dubai, as Pakistan imported goods worth $495.7m from the country as compared to the imports of $614.45m recorded during the same month of the previous year, depicting a deline of 19.3%.

Singapore was the third on the list as Pakistan imported products worth $336.32m from the country. This figure was up by 118.4% from the imports of $153.97m 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 $326.45m, depicting an increase of 95.8% YoY.

Among other countries, Pakistan's imports from the Indonesia stood at $318.27m, marking a rise of 16.9% YoY, while imports from Saudi Arabia decreased by 20.2% YoY to $264.18m.

Moreover, the imports from Japan stood at $171.12m, up by 7.8% YoY.

On a monthly basis, the total imports from China increased by 6.4% MoM. Similarly, imports from U. A. E. Dubai dropped by 9.8% MoM.

Moreover, imports from Singapore depicted a decline of 9.8% MoM.

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