{"id":35520,"date":"2026-08-03T03:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=35520"},"modified":"2026-08-03T03:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T03:19:09","slug":"pakistan-imports-from-the-us-surge-to-3-2bn-in-fy26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=35520","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: Imports from the US surge to $3.2bn in FY26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Pakistan\u2019s merchandise exports to North America grew 1.32 per cent to $6.503 billion in FY26 from $6.418bn the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imports from the region, however, rose 6.52pc to $3.822bn from $3.588bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the new agreement, Pakistan will import additional goods from the US to balance the trade deficit. As a result of this agreement, imports from the region, especially the US, grew sharply during the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, exports to Canada declined. Imports under the agreement grew by nearly 39pc in FY26, while Pakistan\u2019s exports to the US grew by a paltry 1.55pc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trump tariffs reshape trade landscape<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The development comes amid policy shifts by US President Donald Trump, who has imposed additional tariffs<\/a> while extending limited relief to Pakistan under a reciprocal arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the understanding, Pakistan is expected to increase imports of oil and other commodities from the US to narrow the bilateral trade gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US remained the dominant market, accounting for nearly 94pc of Pakistan\u2019s total exports to North America, with the remaining share going mainly to Canada and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In FY25, Pakistan\u2019s merchandise exports to North America rose by 9.97pc to $6.415bn, up from $5.833bn in the corresponding period of the previous year, driven mainly by higher textile and clothing shipments to the US, according to data compiled by the State Bank of Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the region, exports to the US increased 1.55pc to $6.125bn in FY26 from $6.031bn a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In FY25, exports to the US rose 10.72pc to $6.028bn, up from $5.444bn in the preceding year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exports to Canada contracted 2.30pc to $377.455m in FY26 from $386.347m a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imports from the US surged 38.93pc to $3.265bn in FY26 from $2.350bn in the preceding year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the same region, Pakistan\u2019s exports to Latin America declined by 8.32pc to $66.98m in FY26, down from $73.06m a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, exports to Central America dipped 2.11pc to 165.86m in FY26 from $169.43m the previous year. The main export destination was Mexico, which fell 6.25pc to $122.03m in FY26, down from $130.17m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to SBP data, exports to South America \u2014 Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, etc., \u2014 rose 15pc to $402.39m in FY26 from $349.88m in FY25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/2020063<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pakistan\u2019s merchandise exports to North America grew 1.32 per cent to $6.503 billion in FY26 from $6.418bn the last year. Imports from the region, however, rose 6.52pc to $3.822bn from $3.588bn. Under the new agreement, Pakistan will import additional goods from the US to balance the trade deficit. As a result of this agreement, imports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22932,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[512,23860,12898,2076,9801,24146,483,19856,2906,349],"class_list":["post-35520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-america-2","tag-bilateral-relations-3","tag-business-2","tag-economy-2","tag-export-3","tag-import-2","tag-pakistan-2","tag-tariffs-3","tag-trade-2","tag-us-2","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35520"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35521,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35520\/revisions\/35521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}