External trade

`GET /v1/trade` 🔑

Monthly merchandise exports and imports by commodity, from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics' trade releases.

Param	Type	Notes
`flow`	string	`export` or `import`
`commodity`	string	Commodity-name filter, partial and case-insensitive (e.g. `RICE`, `COTTON`, `PETROLEUM`)
`group`	string	Commodity-group filter (e.g. `FOOD GROUP`, `TEXTILE GROUP`)
`from`, `to`	date	Month window
`limit`	int	Default 1000
`sort`	`asc`\|`desc`	Default `desc`

curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" \
  "https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/trade?flow=export&commodity=RICE&limit=2"

{ "success": true, "count": 2, "data": [
  { "flow": "export", "commodity": "1.RICE", "group": "FOOD GROUP", "date": "2026-08-31",
    "unit": "M.T", "quantity": 308481.3520889, "value_pkr_mn": 53294.1391308608, "value_usd_th": 191791.4218023 },
  { "flow": "export", "commodity": "1.RICE / a) BASMATI", "group": "FOOD GROUP", "date": "2026-08-31",
    "unit": "M.T", "quantity": 77795.0193211, "value_pkr_mn": 24341.3079150581, "value_usd_th": 87612.2720203 } ] }

Field	Meaning
`commodity`	PBS line item. Sub-items are parent-qualified, e.g. `1.RICE / a) BASMATI`
`unit`	Quantity unit (`M.T` = metric tonnes, `DOZ`, `SQM`, …)
`value_pkr_mn`	Value in Rs million
`value_usd_th`	Value in US$ thousand

History: roughly the trailing year of monthly releases (PBS rotates older files off its site), growing month by month.

For longer-run trade aggregates, use the SBP series in the external module: total exports and imports as per the balance of payments since 2003, and exports by country and commodity. See the External dataset.

External trade

#GET /v1/trade 🔑

`GET /v1/trade` 🔑