Pakistan's trade with South Korea

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

Exports to South Korea, FY2024-25: $145 mn (Rs 40.5 bn) — 0.5% of all exports

Imports from South Korea, FY2024-25: $946 mn (Rs 264 bn) — 1.6% of all imports

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

What Pakistan sells to South Korea, FY2024-25

ProductUS$
Woven fabrics cotton weight>100g/sq m unblea 52081200$20.0 mn
Na-steatite/talk, crush/powder 25262000$12.2 mn
Oil seeds; sesamum seeds, whether or not broken 12074000$11.4 mn
Crabs frozen fittings for human con 03061400$7.6 mn
Other instruments, apparatus medical/surgical/veterinary 90189090$5.1 mn
Footballs 95066210$3.9 mn
Talc not crushed not powdered 25261010$3.5 mn
Ensembles; men's or boys', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) 62032200$3.5 mn
S/c.yarn lf.dtex.192.31-232.56 52052300$3.5 mn
T-shirts, singlets and other vests; of cotton, knitted or crocheted 61091000$2.9 mn
Sugars; molasses, from sugar cane, resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar 17031000$2.9 mn
Cereal straw and husks, in pellet 12130000$2.8 mn
Fish meat, excluding fillets, whether or not minced; frozen, n.e.c. in item no. 0304.9 03049900$2.7 mn
Multiple/cabled c/y ulf.232.56-714.29d 52053200$2.7 mn
Ferrous waste and scrap; of stainless steel 72042100$2.6 mn
Other, ash and residue c/mainly zinc 26201900$2.6 mn
Jersey, etc.. other textile materials 61109000$2.4 mn
Trousers, etc. men/boys textile materials 61034900$2.2 mn
S-cotton yarn UCF.d-192.31-232.56 52051300$2.1 mn
Leather prepared after tanned goat 41131000$2.0 mn
Cotton with-fabrics mixed man-made fibres with200g/sqmunb 52101100$1.8 mn
Ethyl alcohol and other spirits; denatured, of any strength 22072000$1.7 mn
Gloves, mittens, etc. PVC/rubber knitted or crocheted 61161000$1.6 mn
Fluorspar; containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride 25292100$1.6 mn
Jacket/blazer men/boys other tex 61033900$1.4 mn

What Pakistan buys from South Korea, FY2024-25

ProductUS$
Com.v.spig and electric>1500=1800cakf 87034041$140 mn
Compnen vehicles, in AKF1800-3000cc 87032321$91.4 mn
Base oil for lubricating oil 27101993$53.6 mn
Mechanical shovels, excavators and shovel loaders; n.e.c. in item no. 8429.50 84295900$32.1 mn
Com suv >1000<=1500c AKF 87032250$27.3 mn
Styrene polymers; acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers, in primary forms 39033000$22.2 mn
Clothing; worn, and other worn articles 63090000$21.3 mn
Compounds vehicles (die) g.v.with no>5ton-AKF 87042110$21.1 mn
Oils and products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; xylol (xylenes) 27073000$18.7 mn
Nitrogen-function compounds; n.e.c. in chapter 29, isocyanates 29291000$18.3 mn
Dyes; reactive dyes and preparations based thereon 32041600$18.2 mn
Propylene, other olefin polymers; propylene copolymers in primary forms 39023000$17.2 mn
Com suv 4x4 AKF 87032322$16.4 mn
Propylene, other olefin polymers; polypropylene in primary forms 39021000$15.7 mn
Other flat-rolled iron/non-alloy steel electro plated or coated zinc 72103090$13.9 mn
Other medicament containing vitamins 30049099$11.5 mn
Vessels and other floating structures; for breaking up 89080000$10.7 mn
Poly (methyl phenyl isocyanate) 39093100$10.6 mn
Compnen vehicles, in AKF cycles>-3000cc 87032410$10.3 mn
Prod regular under agricultural pesticides ordinary71 38089170$9.8 mn
Cyclic hydrocarbons; o-xylene 29024100$9.3 mn
Other cold-rolled iron/steel thickness 0.5 mm-1mm 72092790$7.6 mn
Other waste and scrap 72044990$7.5 mn
Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) 28152000$6.8 mn
Other recovered waste paper/boards 47079090$6.3 mn

Every year

Fiscal yearExports, US$Exports, RsImports, US$Imports, RsBalance, US$
2024-25$145 mnRs 40.5 bn$946 mnRs 264 bn−$801 mn
2023-24$179 mnRs 50.6 bn$939 mnRs 266 bn−$760 mn
2022-23$188 mnRs 46.6 bn$833 mnRs 207 bn−$645 mn
2021-22$226 mnRs 40 bn$1.54 bnRs 274 bn−$1.32 bn
2020-21$189 mnRs 30.2 bn$1.45 bnRs 232 bn−$1.26 bn
2019-20$177 mnRs 28 bn$790 mnRs 125 bn−$613 mn
2018-19$276 mnRs 37.5 bn$827 mnRs 113 bn−$551 mn
2017-18$325 mnRs 35.7 bn$981 mnRs 108 bn−$656 mn
2016-17$338 mnRs 35.4 bn$770 mnRs 80.6 bn−$432 mn
2015-16$257 mnRs 26.8 bn$772 mnRs 80.4 bn−$515 mn
2014-15$341 mnRs 34.6 bn$668 mnRs 67.7 bn−$327 mn
2013-14$416 mnRs 42.8 bn$659 mnRs 67.8 bn−$243 mn
2012-13$292 mnRs 28.3 bn$871 mnRs 84.3 bn−$579 mn
2011-12$379 mnRs 33.8 bn$809 mnRs 72.2 bn−$430 mn
2010-11$373 mnRs 31.9 bn$714 mnRs 61.1 bn−$341 mn
2009-10$227 mnRs 19.1 bn$692 mnRs 58 bn−$465 mn
2008-09$247 mnRs 19.4 bn$643 mnRs 50.4 bn−$396 mn
2007-08$200 mnRs 12.5 bn$681 mnRs 42.6 bn−$480 mn
2006-07$174 mnRs 10.6 bn$671 mnRs 40.7 bn−$497 mn
2005-06$191 mnRs 11.4 bn$617 mnRs 36.9 bn−$425 mn
2004-05$185 mnRs 11 bn$555 mnRs 32.9 bn−$370 mn
2003-04$202 mnRs 11.6 bn$381 mnRs 21.9 bn−$179 mn
2002-03$219 mnRs 12.8 bn$337 mnRs 19.7 bn−$117 mn
2001-02$262 mnRs 16.1 bn$298 mnRs 18.3 bn−$36.1 mn
2000-01$280 mnRs 16.3 bn$356 mnRs 20.8 bn−$76.4 mn
1999-00$245 mnRs 12.7 bn$354 mnRs 18.3 bn−$109 mn
1998-99$207 mnRs 9.7 bn$361 mnRs 16.9 bn−$154 mn
1997-98$170 mnRs 7.4 bn$363 mnRs 15.7 bn−$193 mn
1996-97$209 mnRs 8.1 bn$303 mnRs 11.8 bn−$94.6 mn
1995-96$282 mnRs 9.5 bn$332 mnRs 11.1 bn−$50.3 mn
1994-95$272 mnRs 8.4 bn$334 mnRs 10.3 bn−$61.8 mn
1993-94$182 mnRs 5.5 bn$316 mnRs 9.5 bn−$134 mn
1992-93$165 mnRs 4.3 bn$446 mnRs 11.6 bn−$281 mn
1991-92$203 mnRs 5.1 bn$307 mnRs 7.6 bn−$104 mn
1990-91$242 mnRs 5.4 bn$213 mnRs 4.8 bn$28.7 mn

Questions

How much does Pakistan trade with South Korea?

In FY2024-25 Pakistan exported US$145 million to South Korea and imported US$946 million from it — a deficit of US$801 million. South Korea ranked 37th of 215 export destinations and 12th of 218 suppliers.

What does Pakistan export to South Korea?

The largest exports to South Korea in FY2024-25 were woven fabrics cotton weight>100g/sq m unblea (US$20.0 million); na-steatite/talk, crush/powder (US$12.2 million); oil seeds, sesamum seeds (US$11.4 million); crabs frozen fittings for human con (US$7.6 million) and other instruments (US$5.1 million).

What does Pakistan import from South Korea?

The largest imports from South Korea in FY2024-25 were com.v.spig and electric>1500=1800cakf (US$140 million); compnen vehicles, in AKF1800-3000cc (US$91.4 million); base oil for lubricating oil (US$53.6 million); mechanical shovels (US$32.1 million) and com suv >1000<=1500c AKF (US$27.3 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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