Trade gap widens 16% to $14.6b
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Pakistan’s trade deficit surges 20% YoY to $3.9bn in October 2026
Pakistan’s trade deficit significantly increased by nearly 20% to $3.88 billion in October 2026, as compared to the same month of the previous year, data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) showed on Friday. The country’s trade balance, the gap between exports and imports, was recorded at a deficit of $3.24 billion in October 2025. The trade deficit expanded year-on-year (YoY) in October 2026, driven by higher imports and a lackl…
Pakistan's trade deficit widened to $14.63 billion in the July-October period, up from $12.61 billion a year earlier. Total imports during these four months were $25.96 billion, while exports were $11.34 billion.
The value of petroleum imports rose in one year from 1.4 to over 2.1 billion euros and explains almost the entire increase in the September deficit.
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