ISLAMABAD
Exports from the country increased by 8.52 percent during the first four months of the current fiscal year as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
According to PBS data, the exports during July-October (2026-27) were recorded at $11.336b as compared to exports of $6.64b in July-October (2025-26). Likewise, imports into the country also increased by 12.59 percent, from last year’s $23.060b to $25.964b during the year under review.
Based on the figures, the trade deficit increased by 15.97% to $14.628b this year form last year’s $12.614b, according to the data. Meanwhile, on a year-on-year basis, the exports increased by 2.84 percent in October 2026 to $2.929b from $2.848b recorded during October 2025.
Imports also went up by 11.81 percent in October 2026 to $6.806b compared to imports of $6.097b during the same month of last year. On month-on-month basis, exports from the country surged by 0.21% in October 2026 as it were recorded at $2.929b when compared to exports of $2.923 billion in September 2026.
The imports also went up by 5.72 percent in October as it registered at $6.806b as compared to the imports of $6.438b in September 2026, according to the latest PBS data.
