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Business & Economy Published 02 Jan, 2026 06:05pm

Pakistan’s trade deficit widens 24% to $3.7bn in December on export slump

PBS data shows imports rise, exports fall sharply; FY26 deficit up 35% in first half

Pakistan Published 02 Dec, 2025 07:10pm

Pakistan’s trade deficit surges 33% YoY to $2.9bn in November 2025

The country’s trade balance, the gap between exports and imports, was recorded at a deficit of $2.15bn in November 2024

Business & Economy Published 17 Sep, 2025 05:48pm

Textile exports slump in August, pushing trade deficit to $6 billion in two months

Pakistan’s textile subsectors record negative growth as overall deficit widens by 29%

Pakistan Published 03 Mar, 2025 06:24pm

Pakistan’s trade deficit widens, statistics bureau releases report

Trade gap reaches $15.78 billion in first eight months of the fiscal year

Business & Economy Published 04 Oct, 2022 04:27pm

Trade deficit narrows by 21.42% as exports increase to $7.125 billion in Q1

Trade deficit is recorded at $9.209 billion this year against the deficit of $11.719 billion last year

Business & Economy Published 30 Jul, 2022 09:23pm

Coalition govt saved Pakistan from default at cost of political capital: Miftah

Finance minister says Imran Khan responsible for economic mess

Business & Economy Updated 05 Apr, 2022 11:56am

Trade deficit widens 70% to $35b in first nine months of fiscal year 2020-21

PBS says Pakistan exports declined 2.8% in March

Business & Economy Published 02 Apr, 2022 11:28am

Pakistan exports witness 25% growth in first nine months of FY 2021-22

Commerce ministry says exports are in line with targets, hoping to achieve yearly target

Business Published 02 Dec, 2021 12:15pm

Widening trade deficit: KSE-100 plummets in intra-day trading, falls over 1,400 points

Pakistan stocks got a hammering on Thursday with the benchmark KSE-100 index losing over 1,400 points or nearly 3.2%...

Business Published 02 Dec, 2021 10:46am

Imports reach $32.851bn mark: Jul-Nov trade deficit widens 68.6pc YoY

Prime Minister has recently acknowledged that lesser growth in exports is the main cause of the current account deficit

Business Updated 05 Oct, 2021 12:34pm

FY2021-22's first quarter trade deficit swells to 100%

Hike in trade deficit is attributed to exceptional increase in imports

Business Published 03 Aug, 2021 04:33pm

Pakistan's trade deficit widens 81.4 pc

According to provisional foreign trade figures during the first month of current fiscal year, imports stood at...