KARACHI
Pakistan’s External Current Account Balance recorded a surplus of over US$ 1 billion in March 2026, taking the overall Current Account Balance for the first 9 months of fiscal year 2025-26 into positive zone.
“Current Account Balance recorded a surplus of US $1,070 million in March 2026 compared to a surplus of US$ 231 million in February 2026,” the State Bank of Pakistan, Thursday, reported in the monthly summary of Balance of Payments.
It is the third consecutive month that the current account posted a surplus, following a surplus of US$ 231 million in February and US$ 68 million in January 2026, according to BoP summary, while the CA Balance during
July-March 2025-26 recorded a surplus of US$ 8 million in comparison to a surplus of US$ 1,674 million during the first nine months of FY 2024-25.
The cumulative balance in trade of goods during July-March FY26 recorded a deficit of US $ 23,528 million, according to the provisional figures released by the central bank, as compared to US$ 18,677 million deficit in corresponding period of FY24-25.
The balance on trade in goods during March 2026 has recorded a deficit of US$ 2,376 million as compared to a deficit of US$ 2,685 million in February 2026 and US$ 2,179 million in March 2025, the data depicted.
Balance on trade of services during July-March FY26 has recorded a deficit of US$ 2,146 million as compared to US$ 2,303 million deficit of July-Mar FY25, the data shown, adding that in March 2026 services’ trade deficit shrunk to US$ 23 million in comparison to US$ 124 million deficit in February 2026 and US$ 120 million deficit in March 2025.
The overall trade deficit in both goods and services reached at US$ 25,674 million during Jul-Mar FY26 in comparison to the deficit of US$ 20,980 million in the first nine months of the previous fiscal year.
In March 2026, the overall deficit in trade of goods and services was recorded as US$ 2,399 million as compared to the deficit of US$ 2,809 million in February 2026 and the deficit of US$ 2,299 million in March 2025.
The Balance on Primary Income recorded a deficit of US$ 6,357 million during July-March FY26 against a deficit of US$ 6,721 million in the corresponding period of last fiscal year, the SBP data showed.
The inflow of workers’ remittances from overseas during the first nine months of FY26, has recorded as US$ 30,319 million in comparison to US$ 28,031 million inflows in corresponding period of FY25. Inflow of remittances in March 2026 was recorded as US$ 3,831 million in comparison to US$ 3,288 million and US$ 4,054 million inflows of February 2026 and March 2025 respectively.
Meanwhile, the Balance on Secondary income during the first nine months of the current fiscal year has recorded a surplus of US$ 32,039 million as compared to a surplus of US$ 29,375 million during July-March FY25, the SBP data showed.
