Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows by 9% in August

MG News | September 02, 2025 at 03:37 PM GMT+05:00

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September 02, 2025 (MLN): Pakistan’s trade deficit stood at $2.86 billion in August 2025, reflecting a 9.58% improvement compared to July 2025, according to the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

Pakistan’s exports stood at $2.42bn in August 2025, a 10.37% drop from $2.68bn in July 2025.

Meanwhile, imports decrease by 9.94% to $5.28bn, compared to $5.83bn in the previous month.

On a year-on-year basis, exports witnessed a meagre drop of 11.16% in August 2025, falling from $2.76bn in August 2024.

Imports increased by 7.85% from $4.96bn in August 2024 to $5.28bn in August 2025.

For the fiscal year 2025-26, exports totaled $5.1bn, marking a 2.44% increase from $5.06bn in the corresponding period last year.

Imports during this period reached $11.11bn, up 16.19% from $9.73 in the same period last year.

The cumulative trade deficit stood at $6.01bn, representing a 31.1% rise compared to $4.66bn recorded in the previous fiscal period.

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