Pakistan's trade with Afghanistan

What Pakistan sells to Afghanistan and buys from it, product by product, each fiscal year from 1990-91 to 2024-25.

Exports to Afghanistan, FY2024-25: $1.65 bn (Rs 461 bn) — 5.2% of all exports

Imports from Afghanistan, FY2024-25: $649 mn (Rs 181 bn) — 1.1% of all imports

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics · US$ at each year's average exchange rate

What Pakistan sells to Afghanistan, FY2024-25

ProductUS$
White crystaline cane sugar 17019910$271 mn
Rice other varieties 10063090$224 mn
Other medicament containing vitamins 30049099$111 mn
Palm olein 15119030$93.4 mn
Vegetables; potatoes (other than seed), fresh or chilled 07019000$88.9 mn
Cement; portland, other than white, whether or not artificially coloured 25232900$75.0 mn
Other, food preparations 21069090$69.5 mn
Other medicimentharmone not ant 30043900$65.5 mn
Rice basmati 10063010$48.5 mn
Other cans<=400ml with logo/brand 76129030$45.2 mn
Kino, fresh 08052910$34.2 mn
Vegetable fat and its fractions 15162010$34.2 mn
Other rice in husk (paddy/rough) 10061090$30.1 mn
Other motorcycle cylinders 50-250cc 87112090$22.2 mn
Other (mdf) density 0.5-0.8g/cm3 44119390$21.1 mn
Vegetables, brassica; edible, n.e.c. in heading no. 0704, fresh or chilled 07049000$17.8 mn
Poly bottle grade vis 78ml/g 39076120$17.1 mn
Agriculture tactor-37 to 75kW 87019320$16.0 mn
0ther food preparations 19019090$15.2 mn
Meant m-cars h-87.03 and vehicles-4, 11 85071010$15.0 mn
Other, medicement harmone antibtc 30033900$13.9 mn
Other machines, textile fibres 84459000$13.5 mn
Cereal groats and meal; of maize (corn) 11031300$13.1 mn
Medium density fibreboard (MDF), of a thickness exceeding 9 mm 44111400$11.9 mn
Cereals; maize (corn), other than seed 10059000$9.3 mn

What Pakistan buys from Afghanistan, FY2024-25

ProductUS$
Other cotton 52010090$226 mn
Vegetables, alliaceous; onions and shallots, fresh or chilled 07031000$58.0 mn
Coal; (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated 27011900$57.5 mn
Coal; bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated 27011200$54.5 mn
Vegetables; tomatoes, fresh or chilled 07020000$42.5 mn
Fruit, edible; grapes, fresh 08061000$41.9 mn
Spices; cumin seeds, neither crushed nor ground 09093100$25.1 mn
Kidney beans, including white benas 07133300$18.5 mn
Pomegranata, fresh 08109010$17.0 mn
Vegetables; cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled 07070000$14.6 mn
Mash dry whole 07139020$9.7 mn
Fruit, edible; grapes, dried 08062000$8.8 mn
Other chick peas (garbanzos) 07132090$6.2 mn
Fruit, edible; apricots, fresh 08091000$6.2 mn
Green beans, dry whole 07133910$5.2 mn
Ground-nuts; other than seed, not roasted or otherwise cooked, in shell 12024100$4.0 mn
Fruit, edible; apples, fresh 08081000$4.0 mn
Vegetables, leguminous; peas (pisum sativum), shelled, whether or not skinned or split, dried 07131000$3.4 mn
Tobacco refuse 24013000$2.9 mn
Cereals; millet, other than seed 10082900$2.8 mn
Fruit, edible; apricots, dried 08131000$2.7 mn
Carpets of wool, hand knotted 57011010$2.5 mn
Lentils, dry whole 07134010$2.3 mn
Other plants and parts of plants 12119000$2.3 mn
Fruit, edible; figs, fresh or dried 08042000$2.2 mn

Every year

Fiscal yearExports, US$Exports, RsImports, US$Imports, RsBalance, US$
2024-25$1.65 bnRs 461 bn$649 mnRs 181 bn$1.00 bn
2023-24$1.14 bnRs 322 bn$566 mnRs 160 bn$574 mn
2022-23$974 mnRs 242 bn$873 mnRs 216 bn$101 mn
2021-22$808 mnRs 143 bn$804 mnRs 143 bn$4.4 mn
2020-21$1.04 bnRs 166 bn$610 mnRs 97.7 bn$425 mn
2019-20$850 mnRs 134 bn$468 mnRs 73.9 bn$382 mn
2018-19$1.30 bnRs 176 bn$540 mnRs 73.5 bn$756 mn
2017-18$1.52 bnRs 167 bn$444 mnRs 48.8 bn$1.07 bn
2016-17$1.31 bnRs 137 bn$343 mnRs 35.9 bn$968 mn
2015-16$1.44 bnRs 150 bn$410 mnRs 42.7 bn$1.03 bn
2014-15$1.96 bnRs 199 bn$323 mnRs 32.7 bn$1.64 bn
2013-14$1.87 bnRs 192 bn$359 mnRs 36.9 bn$1.51 bn
2012-13$2.10 bnRs 203 bn$288 mnRs 27.9 bn$1.81 bn
2011-12$2.25 bnRs 201 bn$199 mnRs 17.8 bn$2.05 bn
2010-11$2.33 bnRs 200 bn$172 mnRs 14.7 bn$2.16 bn
2009-10$1.57 bnRs 132 bn$139 mnRs 11.7 bn$1.43 bn
2008-09$1.39 bnRs 109 bn$92.7 mnRs 7.3 bn$1.30 bn
2007-08$1.15 bnRs 72 bn$90.9 mnRs 5.7 bn$1.06 bn
2006-07$753 mnRs 45.7 bn$76.2 mnRs 4.6 bn$677 mn
2005-06$1.06 bnRs 63.7 bn$47.5 mnRs 2.8 bn$1.02 bn
2004-05$748 mnRs 44.4 bn$39.0 mnRs 2.3 bn$709 mn
2003-04$493 mnRs 28.4 bn$47.4 mnRs 2.7 bn$446 mn
2002-03$314 mnRs 18.4 bn$34.8 mnRs 2 bn$279 mn
2001-02$168 mnRs 10.3 bn$22.8 mnRs 1.4 bn$145 mn
2000-01$143 mnRs 8.4 bn$30.1 mnRs 1.8 bn$113 mn
1999-00$115 mnRs 6 bn$40.9 mnRs 2.1 bn$74.4 mn
1998-99$52.0 mnRs 2.4 bn$39.1 mnRs 1.8 bn$12.9 mn
1997-98$31.3 mnRs 1.4 bn$27.6 mnRs 1.2 bn$3.8 mn
1996-97$15.3 mnRs 596 mn$32.6 mnRs 1.3 bn−$17.4 mn
1995-96$13.4 mnRs 449.8 mn$22.5 mnRs 755 mn−$9.1 mn
1994-95$32.7 mnRs 1 bn$11.4 mnRs 351.4 mn$21.3 mn
1993-94$15.4 mnRs 464 mn$11.2 mnRs 338.5 mn$4.2 mn
1992-93$16.6 mnRs 431.7 mn$8.7 mnRs 226.6 mn$7.9 mn
1991-92$12.7 mnRs 316 mn$5.4 mnRs 133.7 mn$7.3 mn
1990-91$3.0 mnRs 68.1 mn$6.7 mnRs 150.6 mn−$3.7 mn

Questions

How much does Pakistan trade with Afghanistan?

In FY2024-25 Pakistan exported US$1.65 billion to Afghanistan and imported US$649 million from it — a surplus of US$1.00 billion. Afghanistan ranked 6th of 215 export destinations and 18th of 218 suppliers.

What does Pakistan export to Afghanistan?

The largest exports to Afghanistan in FY2024-25 were white crystaline cane sugar (US$271 million); rice other varieties (US$224 million); other medicament containing vitamins (US$111 million); palm olein (US$93.4 million) and vegetables, potatoes (other than seed) (US$88.9 million).

What does Pakistan import from Afghanistan?

The largest imports from Afghanistan in FY2024-25 were other cotton (US$226 million); vegetables, alliaceous (US$58.0 million); coal, (other than anthracite and bituminous) (US$57.5 million); coal, bituminous (US$54.5 million) and vegetables, tomatoes (US$42.5 million).

Where do these figures come from?

From the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics' customs record of every shipment, by product code and partner country, for each fiscal year (July to June). Values are in rupees as published; the US-dollar figures use the year's average SBP exchange rate.

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