Overseas investors repatriate $1.7bn in 9MFY25

MG News | April 18, 2025 at 04:21 PM GMT+05:00
April 18, 2025 (MLN): Foreign investors ' repatriation of profit and dividends rose 108.21% YoY in 9MFY25 to $1.72 billion compared to $825.99m worth of repatriation in the same period last year, the latest data issued by the central bank revealed.
The data further revealed that during the period, foreign companies repatriated $1.65bn worth of profit against the foreign direct investments (FDI) in various businesses compared to $764.25m in SPLY,marking an an increase of around 115.77% YoY in 9MFY25.
The outflow as payment against portfolio investment stood at $70.81m, compared with $61.74m in 9MFY25, witnessing a growth of 14.69% YoY from 9MFY24.
Meanwhile, in March 2025 alone, repatriation of profits and dividends by foreign firms stood at $157.89m.
Sector-wise:
Sectorial representation of the data shows that the major sectors that witnessed the highest repatriation include the Power , Food, Financial Business, Communications and Oil & Gas Explorations sectors.
Among these, the Power sector repatriated the highest profits of $327.93m in 9MFY25 to overseas.
The data further revealed that Profit outflows from the Food sector clocked in at $290.98m.
Profits outflow from the Financial Business sector increased significantly to $214.24m in 9MFY25.
The payments made on total foreign investment under the Communications and Oil & Gas Explorations sector stood at $110.94m and $109.18m respectively during the review period.
Country-wise:
A country-wise break up of data on repatriation of profit released by SBP revealed that firms and individual investors in the United Kingdom dispatched the single largest profit of $511.22m during 9MFY25, compared to $153.84m repatriated in the same period prior fiscal year.
To note, in the month of March alone, payments to United Kingdom stood at $80.97m.
The China witnessed the repatriation of the second-highest profits as the country repatriated $221.43m abroad during 9MFY25, compared with $79.68m in 9MFY24.
Third in line was United States which repatriated $190.69m from Pakistan, up as compared to the number during SPLY, when the country remitted $47.99m as profit income from Pakistan.
Next in line was Netherlands with a profit repatriation of $162.76m during the review period.
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