U. S. A. leads as top export destination for Pakistan in Feb

March 17, 2026 (MLN): The U. S. A. remained the top export destination for Pakistan during February, with $466.76 million worth of shipments, up by 4.9% against the exports of $445.01m in same period last year.

According to the data released by the State Bank of Pakistan, this was followed by China, as Pakistan exported goods worth $225.56m to the country as compared to the exports of $216.02m recorded during the same month of the previous year, depicting a rise of 4.4%.

U. A. E. Dubai was the third on the list as Pakistan generated export revenue worth $191.4m from the country. This figure was up by 51.8% from the exports of $126.1m in the same period last year.

U. K. was the fourth in line as exports to the region during the aforementioned period were $168.59m, depicting a decrease of 1.1% YoY.

Among other countries, Pakistan's exports to the Germany stood at $121.51m, marking a drop of 6.5% YoY, while exports to Spain decreased by 1.9% YoY to $116.06m.

Moreover, the export receipts received from Netherlands (Holland) stood at $113.74m, down by 5.5% YoY.

While on a sequential basis, the total exports to U. S. A. dropped by 8.9% MoM. While exports to China dropped by 10.2% MoM.

Moreover, receipts received from exports to U. A. E. Dubai depicted an increase of 15.3% MoM.

Meanwhile, cumulatively, in 8MFY26, U. S. A. was the top source of export receipts, worth $4.16bn as against the total exports worth $4.01bn in 8MFY25.

Whereas, total exports to China in 8MFY26 stood at $1.69bn, registering a decline of 0.4%.

Cumulatively, U. K. ranked as the third-largest contributor to the country's export earnings, accounting for exports valued at $1.44bn in 8MFY26.

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