Pakistan's trade with Bangladesh
What Pakistan sells to Bangladesh and buys from it, product by product, each fiscal year from 1990-91 to 2024-25.
Exports to Bangladesh, FY2024-25: $784 mn (Rs 219 bn) — 2.4% of all exports
Imports from Bangladesh, FY2024-25: $51.8 mn (Rs 14.5 bn) — 0.1% of all imports
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics · US$ at each year's average exchange rate
What Pakistan sells to Bangladesh, FY2024-25
What Pakistan buys from Bangladesh, FY2024-25
Every year
| Fiscal year | Exports, US$ | Exports, Rs | Imports, US$ | Imports, Rs | Balance, US$ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | $784 mn | Rs 219 bn | $51.8 mn | Rs 14.5 bn | $732 mn |
| 2023-24 | $719 mn | Rs 203 bn | $42.0 mn | Rs 11.9 bn | $677 mn |
| 2022-23 | $723 mn | Rs 179 bn | $78.2 mn | Rs 19.4 bn | $645 mn |
| 2021-22 | $939 mn | Rs 167 bn | $86.0 mn | Rs 15.3 bn | $853 mn |
| 2020-21 | $651 mn | Rs 104 bn | $74.5 mn | Rs 11.9 bn | $576 mn |
| 2019-20 | $649 mn | Rs 103 bn | $45.8 mn | Rs 7.2 bn | $603 mn |
| 2018-19 | $748 mn | Rs 102 bn | $53.4 mn | Rs 7.3 bn | $695 mn |
| 2017-18 | $735 mn | Rs 80.8 bn | $77.7 mn | Rs 8.5 bn | $657 mn |
| 2016-17 | $631 mn | Rs 66 bn | $59.9 mn | Rs 6.3 bn | $571 mn |
| 2015-16 | $693 mn | Rs 72.3 bn | $50.7 mn | Rs 5.3 bn | $643 mn |
| 2014-15 | $698 mn | Rs 70.7 bn | $62.2 mn | Rs 6.3 bn | $635 mn |
| 2013-14 | $698 mn | Rs 71.8 bn | $55.8 mn | Rs 5.7 bn | $643 mn |
| 2012-13 | $712 mn | Rs 68.9 bn | $60.8 mn | Rs 5.9 bn | $651 mn |
| 2011-12 | $635 mn | Rs 56.6 bn | $65.0 mn | Rs 5.8 bn | $570 mn |
| 2010-11 | $1.01 bn | Rs 86.8 bn | $79.7 mn | Rs 6.8 bn | $935 mn |
| 2009-10 | $484 mn | Rs 40.6 bn | $80.8 mn | Rs 6.8 bn | $404 mn |
| 2008-09 | $383 mn | Rs 30.1 bn | $79.4 mn | Rs 6.2 bn | $304 mn |
| 2007-08 | $344 mn | Rs 21.5 bn | $69.6 mn | Rs 4.4 bn | $274 mn |
| 2006-07 | $262 mn | Rs 15.9 bn | $58.4 mn | Rs 3.5 bn | $204 mn |
| 2005-06 | $269 mn | Rs 16.1 bn | $64.6 mn | Rs 3.9 bn | $204 mn |
| 2004-05 | $206 mn | Rs 12.2 bn | $61.2 mn | Rs 3.6 bn | $145 mn |
| 2003-04 | $195 mn | Rs 11.2 bn | $45.9 mn | Rs 2.6 bn | $149 mn |
| 2002-03 | $114 mn | Rs 6.7 bn | $32.6 mn | Rs 1.9 bn | $81.5 mn |
| 2001-02 | $101 mn | Rs 6.2 bn | $27.5 mn | Rs 1.7 bn | $73.3 mn |
| 2000-01 | $134 mn | Rs 7.8 bn | $33.3 mn | Rs 1.9 bn | $101 mn |
| 1999-00 | $120 mn | Rs 6.2 bn | $29.5 mn | Rs 1.5 bn | $91.0 mn |
| 1998-99 | $128 mn | Rs 6 bn | $34.0 mn | Rs 1.6 bn | $94.2 mn |
| 1997-98 | $98.5 mn | Rs 4.3 bn | $38.3 mn | Rs 1.7 bn | $60.3 mn |
| 1996-97 | $87.5 mn | Rs 3.4 bn | $38.4 mn | Rs 1.5 bn | $49.1 mn |
| 1995-96 | $118 mn | Rs 4 bn | $35.6 mn | Rs 1.2 bn | $82.3 mn |
| 1994-95 | $170 mn | Rs 5.2 bn | $31.2 mn | Rs 963.6 mn | $138 mn |
| 1993-94 | $103 mn | Rs 3.1 bn | $28.6 mn | Rs 863.8 mn | $73.9 mn |
| 1992-93 | $111 mn | Rs 2.9 bn | $43.5 mn | Rs 1.1 bn | $67.8 mn |
| 1991-92 | $130 mn | Rs 3.2 bn | $47.6 mn | Rs 1.2 bn | $81.9 mn |
| 1990-91 | $96.3 mn | Rs 2.2 bn | $33.8 mn | Rs 758.1 mn | $62.5 mn |
Questions
How much does Pakistan trade with Bangladesh?
In FY2024-25 Pakistan exported US$784 million to Bangladesh and imported US$51.8 million from it — a surplus of US$732 million. Bangladesh ranked 10th of 215 export destinations and 56th of 218 suppliers.
What does Pakistan export to Bangladesh?
The largest exports to Bangladesh in FY2024-25 were cotton woven fabrics denim>200g/sq m (US$315 million); with-fabrics cotton denm, mixed mfw>200g/sq m (US$73.1 million); cotton woven fabrics dyed 3-4 thread (US$56.6 million); cement clinkers (whether or not coloured) (US$35.0 million) and sin cotton yar.u.com fibres.d-714.29 (US$32.1 million).
What does Pakistan import from Bangladesh?
The largest imports from Bangladesh in FY2024-25 were synthetic fibres not crude/com<2.22decx (US$15.8 million); other jute and other textile bast fibres (US$12.7 million); jute, cutting (US$5.1 million); other medicament containing vitamins (US$4.8 million) and yarn, of jute or of other textile bast fibres (US$2.6 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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