Trade deficit widens by 38.27% MoM in October

18:00
November 1, 2023

November 01, 2023 (MLN): Pakistan's trade deficit for the month of October was $2.099 billion compared to a deficit of $1.518bn from the previous month, worsening by 38.27% MoM.

According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), the trade deficit compared to October 2022's deficit improved by 4.46% as it stood at $2.2bn.

Exports in October increased by 9.33% MoM to $2.71bn compared to $2.48bn in September 2023.

Similarly, compared to October 2022, exports increased by 13.55% YoY.

However, imports during the review month also rose by 20.33% MoM, clocking in at $4.81bn compared to $4bn in the previous month.

While compared to October 2022, imports increased by 4.91% YoY as it stood at $4.58bn.

On a cumulative basis, in 4MFY24, the trade deficit improved by 34.70% YoY to $7.42bn as compared to $11.36bn in 4MFY23.

	Oct-23	Sep-23	Aug-23	Jul-23	Jun-23	May-23
USD Million
Exports	2,707	2,476	2,366	2,068	2,356	2,200
Imports	4,806	3,994	4,528	3,705	4,219	4,328
Trade Deficit	-2,099	-1,518	-2,162	-1,637	-1,863	-2,128
MoM %
Exports	9.33%	4.65%	14.41%	-12.22%	7.09%	2.95%
Imports	20.33%	-11.79%	22.21%	-12.18%	-2.52%	44.41%
Trade Deficit	38.27%	-29.79%	32.07%	-12.13%	-12.45%	147.44%
YoY %
Exports	13.55%	1.23%	-4.67%	-8.25%	-19.26%	-16.22%
Imports	4.91%	-25.30%	-25.42%	-25.80%	-46.46%	-36.14%
Trade Deficit	4.46%	-47.67%	-39.76%	-40.23%	-62.45%	-48.74%

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Posted on: 2023-11-01T17:46:00+05:00

FOREX

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FOREX

PairID	Symbol	Bid	Ask	High	Low	Update
1	PKR	280.87000	281.07000	281.00000	281.00000	11:21 AM
2	EUR	1.13493	1.13504	1.13576	1.13219	02:21 AM
3	GBP	1.32792	1.32799	1.32867	1.32597	02:21 AM
4	CHF	0.82770	0.82810	0.83015	0.82750	02:21 AM
5	JPY	142.77400	142.78400	143.33500	142.60400	02:21 AM
6	CAD	1.38658	1.38680	1.38807	1.38636	02:21 AM
7	AUD	0.63593	0.63599	0.63692	0.63440	02:21 AM
8	INR	85.54320	85.55040	85.69150	85.35080	02:21 AM
9	SAR	3.75090	3.75110	3.75120	3.75110	11:21 AM
10	AED	3.67280	3.67330	3.67300	3.67290	10:47 AM
11	HKD	7.75909	7.75934	7.76010	7.75807	02:21 AM
12	CNH	7.29667	7.29683	7.30388	7.28958	02:21 AM
13	CNY	7.29560	7.29610	7.30080	7.29370	11:21 AM
14	THB	33.54600	33.56100	33.59000	33.45000	02:21 AM
15	MYR	4.38000	4.38500	4.40500	4.38500	02:20 AM
16	IDR	16,881.80000	16,889.70000	16,886.60000	16,860.00000	02:21 AM
17	SGD	1.31445	1.31460	1.31635	1.31333	02:21 AM
18	NZD	0.59535	0.59542	0.59627	0.59419	02:21 AM
19	MXN	19.62596	19.63124	19.64410	19.61712	02:21 AM
20	TRY	38.28120	38.29120	38.34250	38.27020	02:21 AM
21	SEK	9.67292	9.67585	9.69400	9.66000	02:21 AM
22	ZAR	18.67020	18.67530	18.69088	18.61231	02:21 AM
23	NOK	10.50195	10.50540	10.52991	10.49031	02:21 AM
24	DKK	6.57829	6.57890	6.59427	6.57379	02:21 AM
25	ARS	1,163.46440	1,163.47440	1,163.74229	1,163.10870	02:21 AM
26	BDT	120.54799	123.72170	120.54799	123.72170	09:00 PM
27	BHD	0.37691	0.37696	0.37695	0.37693	11:21 AM
28	BRL	5.70380	5.70680	5.70530	5.70320	02:20 AM
29	KRW	1,434.57000	1,434.89000	1,434.94000	1,427.70000	02:21 AM
30	KWD	0.30637	0.30647	0.30666	0.30634	11:21 AM
31	LKR	298.19628	304.36737	298.19628	304.36737	09:00 PM
32	OMR	0.38500	0.38505	0.38500	0.38500	11:21 AM
33	QAR	3.64500	3.64600	3.64500	3.64580	09:39 AM
34	RUB	83.00081	83.00874	83.00927	82.98831	02:21 AM
35	AFN	70.95694	72.72006	70.95694	72.72006	09:00 PM
36	AZN	1.70000	1.70000	1.70000	1.70000	06:24 AM
37	TMT	3.36000	3.66000	3.36000	3.65000	08:00 PM
38	MVR	15.25000	15.56000	15.25000	15.55000	08:00 PM
39	UZS	12,915.22674	12,976.93772	12,915.22674	12,976.93772	09:00 PM
40	PHP	56.58600	56.63500	56.62200	56.45100	02:21 AM
42	NGN	1,615.09000	1,616.09000	1,618.00000	1,609.15000	12:34 AM
43	KES	128.30000	130.30000	129.12000	130.25000	02:12 AM
44	AMD	364.51951	417.41231	364.51951	417.41231	09:00 PM
45	TWD	32.54300	32.55100	32.56100	32.51800	02:21 AM
46	XAU	3,321.32000	3,322.15000	3,365.42000	3,313.85000	02:21 AM
47	XAG	33.35020	33.37480	33.66300	33.27680	02:21 AM
48	XPT	971.62740	982.62740	975.43000	973.30000	11:21 AM
49	XPD	941.59860	949.10920	944.00000	942.33000	11:21 AM
2,120	VES	83.20558	83.41826	83.20558	83.41826	09:57 PM
2,212	UGX	3,645.25940	3,724.59999	3,645.25940	3,724.59999	09:00 PM
2,213	TZS	2,689.98500	2,690.01500	2,689.98500	2,690.01500	08:26 PM

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Name	High	Current	Low	Change	% Change	Volume	Value	Direction	DateTime
KSE100	116,568.14	116,248.926	114,661.20	-977.219	-0.834	85,138,342.0	6,829,393,481.580	-1	24/04/2025 11:37 AM
ALLSHR	72,863.84	72,741.639	71,912.31	-624.214	-0.851	229,221,902.0	10,761,419,038.180	-1	24/04/2025 11:37 AM
KSE30	35,832.78	35,716.651	35,173.68	-303.012	-0.841	32,494,619.0	5,529,751,469.230	-1	24/04/2025 11:37 AM
KMI30	175,569.55	175,110.425	172,766.52	-1,879.155	-1.062	51,865,338.0	5,174,547,446.140	1	24/04/2025 11:37 AM
KMIALLSHR	50,745.31	50,639.703	49,999.69	-508.016	-0.993	161,907,418.0	8,968,640,129.640	1	24/04/2025 11:37 AM
BKTi	28,276.79	28,132.670	27,527.46	-117.253	-0.415	5,572,273.0	874,669,886.050	-1	24/04/2025 11:37 AM
OGTi	27,502.18	27,361.922	27,012.32	-354.784	-1.280	3,943,423.0	1,063,209,373.570	1	24/04/2025 11:37 AM

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Name	Symbol	Last	High	Low	Change
BITCOIN FUTURES	BTC	92,575.0	93,950.0	92,570.0	-1,030.00
BRENT CRUDE	EB	66.3	66.4	66.0	0.13
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	EF	89.5	0.0	0.0	0.80
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	ET	103.5	103.5	103.5	1.15
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	POL	1,056.5	1,056.5	1,056.5	0.00
CRUDE OIL – WTI	QCL	62.4	62.5	62.1	0.15
SUGAR #11 WORLD	SB	17.9	18.1	17.7	-0.06

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