Freight & Insurance — Import Payments by Commodities and Groups

Insurance and freight is an expense paid by a seller to cover the insurance and freight of a buyer's order while it is in transit. Currently; it is estimated as 2.7% of total import payments of goods through banks.

About this series

Insurance and freight is an expense paid by a seller to cover the insurance and freight of a buyer's order while it is in transit. Currently; it is estimated as 2.7% of total import payments of goods through banks.

Use cases

• Chart freight & insurance — import payments by commodities and groups and its full history in a dashboard or research note
• Build a trade or balance-of-payments view around freight & insurance — import payments by commodities and groups
• Track external-sector risk
• Pull freight & insurance — import payments by commodities and groups into your stack as JSON or CSV

Who uses this

• Macro researcher
• Trade analyst
• Economist
• Journalist

Metadata

Fetch it

curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" \
  "https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/series/bop.freight_insurance"

JSON by default; add ?format=csv for CSV, from/to to filter dates, or transform=yoy|mom|pct_change|3ma|index for server-side transforms. See the series endpoint docs and pricing.

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FAQ

What is Freight & Insurance — Import Payments by Commodities and Groups?

Insurance and freight is an expense paid by a seller to cover the insurance and freight of a buyer's order while it is in transit. Currently; it is estimated as 2.7% of total import payments of goods through banks.

Does PakDataHub have Pakistan balance-of-payments and external-sector data on Freight & Insurance — Import Payments by Commodities and Groups?

Yes. Freight & Insurance — Import Payments by Commodities and Groups is an official Pakistan balance-of-payments and external-sector time series (monthly, from SBP) available on the PakDataHub API, covering 2003 to 2026. Query it as JSON or CSV at /v1/series/bop.freight_insurance, with server-side transforms (YoY, index, % change).

How far back does Freight & Insurance — Import Payments by Commodities and Groups go?

PakDataHub carries Freight & Insurance — Import Payments by Commodities and Groups covering 2003 to 2026, updated on a monthly basis from SBP.

How do I get Freight & Insurance — Import Payments by Commodities and Groups via the API?

Call GET /v1/series/bop.freight_insurance with your API key. Add ?format=csv for a download, or filter by date with from/to.