ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit has widened by 22.65 percent to USD27.8 billion in the first nine months of Financial Year 2025-26, with exports recorded at USD22.731 billion and imports at USD50.536 billion.
Trade data released here by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said that the country’s exports in the same period of the last financial year were recorded at USD24.72 billion and imports USD47.388 billion, reflecting a USD 22.67 billion trade deficit.
According to the PBS data, the exports totalled USD22.731, showing a decline of 8.04 percent compared to exports of USD 24.718billion during July–March of the 2024–25 fiscal year.
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On the other hand, imports into the country increased by 6.64 percent, rising from USD47.388 billion last year to USD 50.54 billion during the July–March 2025–26 period. Based on the figures, the trade deficit during the first nine months was recorded at USD27.805 billion against the deficit of USD22.67 billion last year, showing an increase of 22.65 percent.
Meanwhile, on a year-on-year (YoY) basis, the exports in March 2026 recorded a decline of 14.40 percent to USD2.264 billion compared to USD2.645 billion in March 2025. On an annual basis, the country’s imports also witnessed a reduction of 5.37 percent, declining from USD5.278 billion to USD 4.995 billion during the period under review.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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