Pakistan’s trade deficit widens by over 55% in April 2025
MG News | May 02, 2025 at 05:18 PM GMT+05:00
May 02, 2025 (MLN): Pakistan’s trade deficit stood at $3.39 billion in April 2025, reflecting a 55.2% increase compared to March 2025, according to the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
In April 2025, Pakistan’s exports stood at $2.14bn, reflecting a 19.05% decrease from $2.64 billion in March 2025.
Meanwhile, imports rose by 14.52% to $5.53bn, compared to $4.82bn in the previous month.
On a year-on-year basis, exports down by 8.93% in April 2025, falling from $2.35bn in April 2024.
Imports, however, rose by 14.09%, increasing from $4.84bn in April 2024 to 5.52bn$ in April 2025.
As a result, the trade deficit worst by 35.79%, reaching $3.38bn compared to $2.49bn in April 2024.
For the first ten months of the fiscal year 2024-25, exports totaled $26.85bn, marking a 6.25% increase from $25.27bn in the corresponding period last year.
Imports during this period reached $48.21bn, up 7.37% from $44.9bn.
The cumulative trade deficit stood at $21.35bn, representing a 8.81% rise compared to $19.62bn recorded in the previous fiscal period.
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