Pakistan’s services exports rise 17% to $7.3 billion in Jul-Mar
Services trade deficit narrows 6.7% as exports outpace import growth during the first nine months of FY26
Pakistan’s services exports increased 17.05% during the first nine months of fiscal year 2025-26, while the services trade deficit narrowed as export growth outpaced imports, according to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The country earned $7.345 billion from services exports during July-March FY26 compared to $6.275 billion in the corresponding period of the last fiscal year.
Imports of services also increased during the period, rising 10.65% to $9.496 billion from $8.582 billion a year earlier.
As a result, the services trade deficit declined 6.74% to $2.151 billion during July-March FY26 compared to a deficit of $2.306 billion recorded in the same period of FY25.
On a year-on-year basis, services exports in March 2026 rose 16.17% to $902.91 million compared to $777.22 million in March 2025, PBS data showed.
Services imports during March 2026 increased 3.17% to $925.80 million from $897.34 million in the same month last year.
On a month-on-month basis, services exports grew 12.83% in March 2026 compared to $800.21 million recorded in February 2026.
Imports of services posted a marginal monthly increase of 0.36% in March 2026, rising from $922.50 million in February, according to the PBS.
Reference Link:- https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/05/06/pakistans-services-exports-rise-17-to-7-3-billion-in-jul-mar/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
