A sharp increase in international imports of everything from luxury goods to basic food items caused Pakistan’s trade deficit to balloon in the first two months of the current fiscal year 2025–26, surpassing $6 billion.
The trade gap has increased by about 30%.
In comparison to the same period last year, the trade deficit grew by 29.63% in July-August 2025, according to new statistics issued by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. In July and August of 2024, the deficit was $4.66 billion; it now stands at $6.05 billion.
In the first two months, imports totaled $11 billion, a 14.53% rise over the previous year.
Growing imports of food
The import of food commodities saw the largest increase. increased by $394.7 million to $1.46 billion between July and August.
