ISLAMABAD
Pakistan’s goods and services trade with Italy witnessed a surplus of 45.13 percent during the first five months of the current fiscal year (2025-26) as compared to the corresponding months of last year.
Trade surplus during the months under review was recorded at $332.879 million against $229.351 million last year, showing 45.13 percent growth.
The overall exports to Italy were recorded at US $513.291 million during July-November (2025-26) year against exports of US $481.461 million during the same months last year, showing an increase of 6.61 percent, SBP data revealed. Meanwhile, on a year-on-year basis, exports to Italy during November 2025 decreased by 4.67 percent from US $ 86.308 million to US $ 82.274 million.
Month-on-month exports to Italy also dipped by 21.33 percent during November 2025 as compared with exports of US $ 104.718 million in October 2025, the SBP data said.
Overall Pakistan’s exports to all countries witnessed a decrease of 3.19 percent in five months, from US $13.212 billion to US $12.790 billion, the SBP data said.
On the other hand, imports from Italy during the months under review were recorded at US $180.412 million against US $252.110 million of last year, showing a decrease of 28.43 percent in July-November (2025-26). Meanwhile, year-on-year imports from Italy during November 2025 decreased by 52.18 percent from US $63.245 million last year to US $30.239 million.
On a month-on-month basis, the imports from Italy also decreased by 25.40 percent during November 2025 as compared to the import of US $40.538 million in October 2025, SBP data said. The overall imports increased by 11.06 percent, from US $23.011 billion to US $25.558 million during the period under review.
