Pakistan's trade with Saudi Arabia

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

Exports to Saudi Arabia, FY2024-25: $715 mn (Rs 200 bn) — 2.2% of all exports

Imports from Saudi Arabia, FY2024-25: $4.08 bn (Rs 1.14 tn) — 7.0% of all imports

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

What Pakistan sells to Saudi Arabia, FY2024-25

ProductUS$
Rice basmati 10063010$120 mn
Meat; of bovine animals, carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled 02011000$89.6 mn
Rice other varieties 10063090$55.6 mn
Meat; of sheep, lamb carcasses and half-carcasses, fresh or chilled 02041000$46.2 mn
Footwear of other materials 64059090$18.8 mn
Ensembles; men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) 62032200$15.6 mn
Tents of cotton 63062910$14.4 mn
Carcasses of sheep, fresh/chilled 02042100$13.0 mn
Other trousers bib men's/boys' cotton not knitted 62034200$11.0 mn
Spices; mixtures of 2 or more products of different headings 09109100$9.3 mn
Other woven fabrics of synthetic staple fibres 55121900$8.8 mn
White crystaline cane sugar 17019910$8.1 mn
Gloves leather industrial 42032920$7.8 mn
Towels of cotton mill-made 63026010$7.6 mn
Other trousers bib men's/boys' textile not knitted 62034900$7.6 mn
Undenatured ethyl alcohol; of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80% vol. or higher 22071000$7.0 mn
Cigarettes; containing tobacco 24022000$6.8 mn
Fertilized chicken eggs (fowls) 04071100$6.2 mn
Oil seeds; sesamum seeds, whether or not broken 12074000$6.2 mn
Milk and cream of a fat 1% to 6% 04012000$6.0 mn
Toilet and kitchen linen; of textile materials (other than cotton or man-made fibres) 63029900$5.6 mn
Styrene polymers; expansible polystyrene, in primary forms 39031100$5.5 mn
With-fabrics cotton mixed-man-made fibres weight 200g/sq m 52102100$5.3 mn
Other backery products 19059000$4.8 mn
Honey; natural 04090000$4.5 mn

What Pakistan buys from Saudi Arabia, FY2024-25

ProductUS$
Oils; petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude 27090000$2.69 bn
Fertilizers, mineral or chemical; diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) 31053000$226 mn
Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms 39021000$208 mn
Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0.94 39011000$145 mn
High speed diesel oil 27101931$137 mn
Cyclic hydrocarbons; p-xylene 29024300$105 mn
Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading no. 2707 or 2902 38170000$101 mn
Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, polyethylene having a specific gravity of 0.94 or more 39012000$67.8 mn
Alcohols; saturated monohydric, methanol (methyl alcohol) 29051100$66.6 mn
Alcohols; acyclic, diols; ethylene glycol (ethanediol) 29053100$41.7 mn
Propylene, other olefin polymers; propylene copolymers in primary forms 39023000$34.0 mn
Cyclic hydrocarbons; styrene 29025000$32.4 mn
Alcohols; saturated monohydric, octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof 29051600$21.9 mn
Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers 39013000$17.5 mn
Lead; unwrought, refined 78011000$16.2 mn
Acyclic hydrocarbons; unsaturated, ethylene 29012100$16.0 mn
Petroleum coke; (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals 27131100$11.8 mn
Other polyethers 39072990$10.4 mn
Shredded tyre scrap (c-pieces) 40040020$9.2 mn
Ethylene dichloride (1, 2-di ch) 29031500$7.9 mn
2, 2-oxydiethanol (diethyl glycl 29094100$6.7 mn
Ethylene-alpha-olefin g.<0.94 39014000$5.8 mn
Acids; saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids; vinyl acetate 29153200$4.3 mn
Ethylene polymers; in primary forms, n.e.c. in heading no. 3901 39019000$4.0 mn
Alcohols; saturated monohydric, butan-1-ol (n-butyl alcohol) 29051300$4.0 mn

Every year

Fiscal yearExports, US$Exports, RsImports, US$Imports, RsBalance, US$
2024-25$715 mnRs 200 bn$4.08 bnRs 1.14 tn−$3.36 bn
2023-24$698 mnRs 198 bn$4.79 bnRs 1.35 tn−$4.09 bn
2022-23$562 mnRs 139 bn$4.23 bnRs 1.05 tn−$3.67 bn
2021-22$429 mnRs 76.1 bn$5.23 bnRs 928 bn−$4.80 bn
2020-21$419 mnRs 67 bn$2.69 bnRs 430 bn−$2.27 bn
2019-20$443 mnRs 70 bn$1.73 bnRs 274 bn−$1.29 bn
2018-19$329 mnRs 44.8 bn$2.95 bnRs 401 bn−$2.62 bn
2017-18$303 mnRs 33.3 bn$3.25 bnRs 357 bn−$2.94 bn
2016-17$347 mnRs 36.3 bn$2.18 bnRs 228 bn−$1.83 bn
2015-16$417 mnRs 43.5 bn$2.28 bnRs 237 bn−$1.86 bn
2014-15$450 mnRs 45.6 bn$3.60 bnRs 365 bn−$3.15 bn
2013-14$495 mnRs 51 bn$4.46 bnRs 459 bn−$3.97 bn
2012-13$499 mnRs 48.3 bn$3.46 bnRs 335 bn−$2.96 bn
2011-12$419 mnRs 37.4 bn$5.04 bnRs 450 bn−$4.62 bn
2010-11$427 mnRs 36.5 bn$4.55 bnRs 389 bn−$4.12 bn
2009-10$393 mnRs 33 bn$3.38 bnRs 284 bn−$2.99 bn
2008-09$455 mnRs 35.7 bn$4.26 bnRs 334 bn−$3.80 bn
2007-08$383 mnRs 24 bn$5.38 bnRs 337 bn−$5.00 bn
2006-07$289 mnRs 17.5 bn$3.49 bnRs 212 bn−$3.20 bn
2005-06$329 mnRs 19.7 bn$2.99 bnRs 179 bn−$2.67 bn
2004-05$353 mnRs 20.9 bn$2.48 bnRs 147 bn−$2.13 bn
2003-04$349 mnRs 20.1 bn$1.78 bnRs 102 bn−$1.43 bn
2002-03$476 mnRs 27.8 bn$1.30 bnRs 76.2 bn−$826 mn
2001-02$329 mnRs 20.2 bn$1.20 bnRs 73.8 bn−$872 mn
2000-01$275 mnRs 16.1 bn$1.25 bnRs 73.2 bn−$978 mn
1999-00$215 mnRs 11.1 bn$923 mnRs 47.8 bn−$708 mn
1998-99$198 mnRs 9.3 bn$679 mnRs 31.8 bn−$481 mn
1997-98$217 mnRs 9.4 bn$679 mnRs 29.3 bn−$462 mn
1996-97$217 mnRs 8.5 bn$713 mnRs 27.8 bn−$496 mn
1995-96$214 mnRs 7.2 bn$700 mnRs 23.5 bn−$487 mn
1994-95$224 mnRs 6.9 bn$514 mnRs 15.9 bn−$291 mn
1993-94$238 mnRs 7.2 bn$463 mnRs 14 bn−$225 mn
1992-93$319 mnRs 8.3 bn$543 mnRs 14.1 bn−$224 mn
1991-92$295 mnRs 7.3 bn$485 mnRs 12 bn−$190 mn
1990-91$220 mnRs 4.9 bn$478 mnRs 10.7 bn−$258 mn

Questions

How much does Pakistan trade with Saudi Arabia?

In FY2024-25 Pakistan exported US$715 million to Saudi Arabia and imported US$4.08 billion from it — a deficit of US$3.36 billion. Saudi Arabia ranked 11th of 215 export destinations and 3rd of 218 suppliers.

What does Pakistan export to Saudi Arabia?

The largest exports to Saudi Arabia in FY2024-25 were rice basmati (US$120 million); meat, of bovine animals (US$89.6 million); rice other varieties (US$55.6 million); meat, of sheep (US$46.2 million) and footwear of other materials (US$18.8 million).

What does Pakistan import from Saudi Arabia?

The largest imports from Saudi Arabia in FY2024-25 were oils, petroleum oils and oils obtained from (US$2.69 billion); fertilizers, mineral or chemical (US$226 million); propylene, other olefin polymers (US$208 million); ethylene polymers, in primary forms (US$145 million) and high speed diesel oil (US$137 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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