Trade deficit improves by 31.13% MoM in September

14:50
October 2, 2023

October 02, 2023 (MLN): Pakistan's trade deficit for the month of September was $1.489 billion compared to a deficit of $2.162bn from the previous month, improving by 31.13% MoM.

According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the trade deficit compared to September 2022's deficit improved by 47.86% as it stood at $2.86bn.

Exports in the month of September increased by 4.18% MoM to $2.47bn compared to $2.37bn in August 2023.

Moreover, compared to September 2022, exports increased by 1.15% YoY.

Imports in September 2023 fell by 12.68% MoM, clocking in at $3.95bn compared to $4.53bn in August 2023.

While compared to September 2022, imports decreased by 25.3% YoY as it stood at $5.3bn.

On a cumulative basis, in 3MFY24, the trade deficit improved by 42.25% YoY to $5.29bn as compared to $9.16bn in 3MFY23.

	Sep-23	Aug-23	Jul-23	Jun-23	May-23	Apr-23
USD Million
Exports	2,465	2366	2068	2356	2200	2137
Imports	3,954	4528	3705	4219	4328	2997
Trade Deficit	-1489	-2162	-1637	-1863	-2128	-860
MoM %
Exports	4.18%	14.41%	-12.22%	7.09%	2.95%	-9.91%
Imports	-12.68%	22.21%	-12.18%	-2.52%	44.41%	21.46%
Trade Deficit	16.86%	-7.80%	-0.04%	9.61%	-41.46%	-31.37%
YoY %
Exports	1.15%	-4.67%	-8.25%	-19.26%	-16.22%	-26.23%
Imports	-25.30%	-25.42%	-25.80%	-46.46%	-36.14%	-55.01%
Trade Deficit	47.86%	-39.76%	-40.23%	-62.45%	-48.74%	-77.15%

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Posted on: 2023-10-02T14:36:12+05:00

FOREX

EQUITY

COMMODITIES

FOREX

PairID	Symbol	Bid	Ask	High	Low	Update
1	PKR	278.35000	278.55000	278.55000	278.35000	03:02 PM
2	EUR	1.07345	1.07351	1.07350	1.07345	11:03 PM
3	GBP	1.25516	1.25531	1.25531	1.25516	11:03 PM
4	CHF	0.90936	0.90948	0.90948	0.90936	11:03 PM
5	JPY	152.99600	153.00900	153.00900	152.99600	11:03 PM
6	CAD	1.36611	1.36626	1.36626	1.36611	11:03 PM
7	AUD	0.65767	0.65773	0.65773	0.65767	11:03 PM
8	INR	83.37980	83.38030	83.38030	83.37980	11:03 PM
9	SAR	3.75050	3.75070	3.75070	3.75050	08:03 AM
10	AED	3.67280	3.67300	3.67300	3.67280	08:03 AM
11	HKD	7.81191	7.81209	7.81209	7.81191	11:03 PM
12	CNH	7.19552	7.19612	7.19612	7.19552	11:03 PM
13	CNY	7.24010	7.24210	7.24210	7.24010	08:21 PM
14	THB	36.81000	36.83000	36.83000	36.81000	11:03 PM
15	MYR	4.73400	4.73900	4.73900	4.73400	10:55 PM
16	IDR	16,094.10000	16,098.30000	16,098.30000	16,094.10000	11:03 PM
17	SGD	1.35277	1.35292	1.35292	1.35277	11:03 PM
18	NZD	0.59674	0.59683	0.59683	0.59674	11:03 PM
19	MXN	16.97920	16.98420	16.98417	16.97917	11:03 PM
20	TRY	32.38710	32.39710	32.39710	32.38710	11:03 PM
21	SEK	10.85310	10.85930	10.85932	10.85308	11:03 PM
22	ZAR	18.53700	18.56700	18.56700	18.53700	11:03 PM
23	NOK	10.97370	10.98580	10.98579	10.97371	11:03 PM
24	DKK	6.94688	6.94806	6.94806	6.94688	11:03 PM
25	ARS	878.24100	878.25100	878.25100	878.24100	11:02 PM
26	BDT	107.79500	111.15000	111.14994	107.79531	09:00 PM
27	BHD	0.37697	0.37701	0.37701	0.37697	03:42 AM
28	BRL	5.11010	5.11310	5.11310	5.11010	10:59 PM
29	KRW	1,363.96000	1,364.10000	1,364.10000	1,363.96000	11:03 PM
30	KWD	0.30740	0.30800	0.30800	0.30740	02:38 AM
31	LKR	293.08500	299.60800	299.60816	293.08521	09:00 PM
32	OMR	0.38497	0.38500	0.38500	0.38497	03:41 AM
33	QAR	3.64600	3.64800	3.64800	3.64600	08:02 AM
34	RUB	92.49000	93.76000	93.76000	92.49000	09:40 PM
35	AFN	71.36230	73.22610	73.22608	71.36234	09:00 PM
36	AZN	1.70000	1.70000	1.70000	1.70000	05:26 AM
37	TMT	3.36000	3.66000	3.66000	3.36000	08:00 PM
38	MVR	14.76000	14.93000	14.93000	14.76000	08:00 PM
39	UZS	12,650.00000	12,725.00000	12,725.00000	12,650.00000	10:04 PM
40	PHP	57.39900	57.41600	57.41600	57.39900	11:03 PM
42	NGN	1,372.45000	1,373.45000	1,373.45000	1,372.45000	10:12 PM
43	KES	134.00000	136.00000	136.00000	134.00000	08:25 PM
44	AMD	359.03800	414.94900	414.94859	359.03815	09:00 PM
45	TWD	32.34500	32.35100	32.35100	32.34500	11:03 PM
46	XAU	2,301.38000	2,301.73000	2,301.73000	2,301.38000	11:02 PM
47	XAG	26.62920	26.64080	26.64080	26.62920	11:02 PM
48	XPT	953.74000	961.69900	961.69900	953.74000	08:03 AM
49	XPD	931.65000	939.65000	939.65000	931.65000	08:03 AM
2,120	VES	36.41860	36.51000	36.50996	36.41856	08:00 PM
2,212	UGX	3,747.86000	3,831.73000	3,831.72824	3,747.86259	09:00 PM
2,213	TZS	2,590.99000	2,591.01000	2,591.01500	2,590.98500	08:25 PM

Data is delayed by 20 minutes

EQUITY

Name	High	Current	Low	Change	% Change	Volume	Value	DateTime
KSE100	71,292.83	70,657.641	70,562.12	-444.906	-0.626	225,619,410.0	11,798,164,426.590	02/05/2024 04:12 PM
ALLSHR	46,626.66	46,150.314	46,073.36	-403.924	-0.868	436,816,041.0	19,022,397,756.680	02/05/2024 04:12 PM
KSE30	23,455.24	23,234.081	23,212.77	-160.579	-0.686	79,055,719.0	8,678,222,377.000	02/05/2024 04:12 PM
KMI30	120,178.80	118,759.788	118,657.73	-685.009	-0.574	93,887,074.0	7,511,292,824.070	02/05/2024 04:12 PM
KMIALLSHR	33,407.15	33,049.283	33,014.12	-223.106	-0.671	264,217,816.0	14,805,572,322.210	02/05/2024 04:12 PM
BKTi	17,599.66	17,553.510	17,493.12	-85.775	-0.486	17,849,327.0	1,410,481,198.310	02/05/2024 04:12 PM
OGTi	16,944.38	16,761.298	16,680.86	-23.848	-0.142	17,193,523.0	2,461,028,371.020	02/05/2024 04:12 PM

Data is delayed by 20 minutes

COMMODITIES

Name	Symbol	Last	High	Low	Change
BITCOIN FUTURES	BTC	60,070.0	60,475.0	59,305.0	305.00
BRENT CRUDE	EB	83.8	84.1	83.8	0.13
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	EF	101.9	0.0	0.0	-3.70
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	ET	108.0	108.0	106.0	0.90
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	POL	832.5	832.5	832.5	0.00
CRUDE OIL – WTI	QCL	79.1	79.4	79.0	0.13
SUGAR #11 WORLD	SB	19.3	19.5	19.1	0.04

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