Pakistan's trade with China

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

Exports to China, FY2024-25: $2.37 bn (Rs 662 bn) — 7.4% of all exports

Imports from China, FY2024-25: $17.39 bn (Rs 4.86 tn) — 29.8% of all imports

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

What Pakistan sells to China, FY2024-25

ProductUS$
Copper; refined, unwrought, n.e.c. in item no. 7403.1 74031900$785 mn
Oil seeds; sesamum seeds, whether or not broken 12074000$262 mn
S-cotton yarn UCF.d-232.56-714.29 52051200$221 mn
Sin cotton yar.u.com fibres.d-714.29 52051100$207 mn
Chromium ores and concentrates 26100000$77.9 mn
Other fish frozen excluding liver and roes 03038900$61.5 mn
Petroleum top naptha 27101942$51.8 mn
Rice other varieties 10063090$47.8 mn
Aluminium; unwrought, alloys 76012000$40.0 mn
Cereals; rice, broken 10064000$39.3 mn
Iron ores and concentrates; non-agglomerated 26011100$38.8 mn
Molluscs; cuttle fish and squid, whether in shell or not, frozen 03074300$30.7 mn
Other shrimps and prawns frozen 03061700$18.8 mn
Crabs frozen fittings for human con 03061400$17.8 mn
Shrimp meal 23012010$16.3 mn
Nuts, edible; pine nuts, fresh or dried, in shell 08029100$16.2 mn
Other instruments, apparatus medical/surgical/veterinary 90189090$14.2 mn
Feather, used for stuffing;down 05051000$14.1 mn
Sardines ex.liver and oes frozen 03035300$13.6 mn
Other flour, meal, pellets, of fish 23012090$12.4 mn
Brass scrap 74040010$12.3 mn
Molluscs; octopus (Octopus spp.), frozen 03075200$12.2 mn
Guar gum 13023210$11.9 mn
Jellyfish 03083000$10.8 mn
Woven fabrics cotton weight>100g/sq m unblea 52081200$10.5 mn

What Pakistan buys from China, FY2024-25

ProductUS$
Photovoltaic cells assembl with panel 85414300$2.19 bn
Smartphones in CKD/SKD condition 85171310$1.06 bn
Other static converters 85044090$571 mn
Other flt-rolled prod hot-rolled wood>600mm 72089090$320 mn
Compressor non cfc/hcfc gases 84143010$297 mn
Filaments yarn of polyesters 54023300$253 mn
Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) 31053000$210 mn
Other coil-hot-rolled iron/non-alloy steel thickness < 3 mm 72083990$185 mn
Other pile fabrics, knitted/crocheted, m-m-fibres 60019290$161 mn
Other recep/trans/rout/ machines 85176290$151 mn
Other coil h-rlled of iron/non-alloy-steel 72083890$136 mn
Com suv >1000<=1500c AKF 87032250$136 mn
Other flat-rolled iron/non-alloy steel plated or coated aluminium-zinc aly 72106190$133 mn
M.v sp.ig and electric>1000= 1500c AKF 87034031$127 mn
Elastomeric yarn of polyesters 54024700$121 mn
Other equipment/apparatus hd85.25-85.28 85299090$120 mn
Other, antibiotics. 29419090$112 mn
Batteries lithium-ion 85076000$105 mn
Other y/s un-twst viscose rayon 54033100$103 mn
Laptop computers, notebooks 84713010$101 mn
Other smart phones 85171390$101 mn
Multi head embroidery machines 84479010$98.0 mn
Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms 39021000$91.2 mn
S/c yarn com fibres.106-36-125-dtex 52052700$88.7 mn
Other flat-rolled iron/non-alloy steel plated or coated zinc t 600mm 72104990$87.1 mn

Every year

Fiscal yearExports, US$Exports, RsImports, US$Imports, RsBalance, US$
2024-25$2.37 bnRs 662 bn$17.39 bnRs 4.86 tn−$15.02 bn
2023-24$2.57 bnRs 728 bn$14.79 bnRs 4.18 tn−$12.22 bn
2022-23$2.22 bnRs 550 bn$11.69 bnRs 2.9 tn−$9.47 bn
2021-22$3.20 bnRs 567 bn$21.04 bnRs 3.73 tn−$17.85 bn
2020-21$2.44 bnRs 390 bn$18.06 bnRs 2.89 tn−$15.62 bn
2019-20$1.73 bnRs 273 bn$12.08 bnRs 1.91 tn−$10.35 bn
2018-19$1.91 bnRs 260 bn$12.74 bnRs 1.73 tn−$10.84 bn
2017-18$1.69 bnRs 186 bn$16.75 bnRs 1.84 tn−$15.06 bn
2016-17$1.48 bnRs 155 bn$15.49 bnRs 1.62 tn−$14.01 bn
2015-16$1.67 bnRs 174 bn$12.21 bnRs 1.27 tn−$10.54 bn
2014-15$2.17 bnRs 220 bn$10.40 bnRs 1.05 tn−$8.23 bn
2013-14$2.42 bnRs 249 bn$7.71 bnRs 793 bn−$5.29 bn
2012-13$2.62 bnRs 253 bn$6.64 bnRs 642 bn−$4.02 bn
2011-12$2.20 bnRs 196 bn$6.72 bnRs 599 bn−$4.52 bn
2010-11$1.63 bnRs 140 bn$5.79 bnRs 495 bn−$4.15 bn
2009-10$1.15 bnRs 96.7 bn$4.42 bnRs 370 bn−$3.26 bn
2008-09$699 mnRs 54.9 bn$4.07 bnRs 320 bn−$3.37 bn
2007-08$690 mnRs 43.2 bn$4.71 bnRs 295 bn−$4.02 bn
2006-07$576 mnRs 34.9 bn$3.53 bnRs 214 bn−$2.96 bn
2005-06$464 mnRs 27.8 bn$2.70 bnRs 162 bn−$2.24 bn
2004-05$354 mnRs 21 bn$1.84 bnRs 109 bn−$1.49 bn
2003-04$288 mnRs 16.6 bn$1.15 bnRs 66.4 bn−$866 mn
2002-03$245 mnRs 14.3 bn$838 mnRs 49 bn−$594 mn
2001-02$229 mnRs 14.1 bn$575 mnRs 35.3 bn−$346 mn
2000-01$304 mnRs 17.8 bn$525 mnRs 30.7 bn−$221 mn
1999-00$180 mnRs 9.3 bn$472 mnRs 24.4 bn−$291 mn
1998-99$160 mnRs 7.5 bn$416 mnRs 19.5 bn−$257 mn
1997-98$161 mnRs 7 bn$510 mnRs 22 bn−$349 mn
1996-97$103 mnRs 4 bn$543 mnRs 21.2 bn−$440 mn
1995-96$146 mnRs 4.9 bn$546 mnRs 18.3 bn−$400 mn
1994-95$90.6 mnRs 2.8 bn$458 mnRs 14.1 bn−$367 mn
1993-94$53.7 mnRs 1.6 bn$439 mnRs 13.2 bn−$385 mn
1992-93$41.6 mnRs 1.1 bn$421 mnRs 10.9 bn−$379 mn
1991-92$55.5 mnRs 1.4 bn$400 mnRs 9.9 bn−$344 mn
1990-91$60.8 mnRs 1.4 bn$386 mnRs 8.7 bn−$325 mn

Questions

How much does Pakistan trade with China?

In FY2024-25 Pakistan exported US$2.37 billion to China and imported US$17.39 billion from it — a deficit of US$15.02 billion. China ranked 2nd of 215 export destinations and 1st of 218 suppliers.

What does Pakistan export to China?

The largest exports to China in FY2024-25 were copper, refined (US$785 million); oil seeds, sesamum seeds (US$262 million); S-cotton yarn UCF.d-232.56-714.29 (US$221 million); sin cotton yar.u.com fibres.d-714.29 (US$207 million) and chromium ores and concentrates (US$77.9 million).

What does Pakistan import from China?

The largest imports from China in FY2024-25 were photovoltaic cells assembl with panel (US$2.19 billion), smartphones in CKD/SKD condition (US$1.06 billion), other static converters (US$571 million), other flt-rolled prod hot-rolled wood>600mm (US$320 million) and compressor non cfc/hcfc gases (US$297 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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