Overseas investors repatriate $2bn in 10MFY25

MG News | May 19, 2025 at 05:53 PM GMT+05:00
May 19, 2025 (MLN): Foreign investors ' repatriation of profit and dividends rose 108.63% YoY in 10MFY25 to $1.84 billion compared to $882.55m 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 $1.75bn worth of profit against the foreign direct investments (FDI) in various businesses compared to $807.12m in SPLY, marking an increase of around 117.08% YoY in 10MFY25.
The outflow as payment against portfolio investment stood at $89.18m, compared with $75.44m in 10MFY25, witnessing a growth of 18.22% YoY from 10MFY24.
Meanwhile, in April 2025 alone, repatriation of profits and dividends by foreign firms stood at $121.48m.
Sector-wise:
Sectoral representation of the data shows that the major sectors that witnessed the highest repatriation include the Power, Food, Financial Business, Communications and Oil & Gas Exploration sectors.
Among these, the Power sector repatriated the highest profits of $339.79m in 10MFY25 to overseas.
The data further revealed that Profit outflows from the Food sector clocked in at $291.1m.
Profits outflow from the Financial Business sector increased significantly to $288.23m in 10MFY25.
The payments made on total foreign investment under the Communications and Oil & Gas Explorations sector stood at $115.32m and $109.26m, 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 $553.75m during 10MFY25, compared to $156.99m repatriated in the same period prior fiscal year.
To note, in April alone, payments to the United Kingdom stood at $42.53m.
China witnessed the repatriation of the second-highest profits as the country repatriated $222.77m abroad during 10MFY25, compared with $101.32m in 10MFY24.
Third in line was the United States, which repatriated $201.89m from Pakistan, compared to the number during SPLY, when the country remitted $53.77m as profit income from Pakistan.
Next in line was the Netherlands with a profit repatriation of $162.76m during the review period.
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