TITLE: A DECADE OF TRADE:
PAKISTAN’S EXPORTS &
IMPORTS (2013-2023) –
COMPARISON WITH INDIA &
BANGLADESH
Group Members: Data Sources: PBS, World
Mansoor Ahmed (2147113) Bank, UN Comtrade
Imtiaz Ahmed (2147109)
OVERVIEW OF PAKISTAN’S TRADE
(2013-2023)
• Total Exports (2023): ~$32 billion (PBS)
• Total Imports (2023): ~55billion(Trade deficit: $23 billion)
• Major Exports: Textiles (~60%), Rice, Leather, Sports
Goods
• Major Imports: Petroleum, Machinery, Electrical
Equipment, Chemicals
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Major Export/Import Countries
●
Exports to ($ ●
Imports
●
Country ●
Balance
bn) from ($ bn)
●
2.0
●
USA ●
5.1 (machinery, ●
+$3.1 bn
tech)
●
12.6 (CPEC
●
China ●
1.8 ●
-$10.8 bn
projects)
●
5.5
●
EU ●
7.2 (machinery, ●
+$1.7 bn
autos)
●
Saudi Arabia ●
0.5 ●
4.2 (oil) ●
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PAKISTAN’S EXPORT TRENDS (2013-2023)
●
Year ●
Exports ($ bn) ●
Growth Rate
●
2013 ●
24.5 - 24.8 ●
-3.2%
●
2018 ●
24.8 - 22.5 ●
+0.1%
●
2020 ●
22.5 - 32.1 ●
-7.5% (Covid)
●
2023 ●
32.1 - ●
+8.0%
Pakistan’s exports grew at 2.1% (2013–2023), far slower than:
Bangladesh (8.4%) and India (4.9%)
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PAKISTAN’S IMPORT TRENDS (2013-2023)
●
Year ●
Imports ($ bn) ●
Trade Deficit
●
2013 ●
44.6 - 56.0 ●
-$20.1 bn
●
2018 ●
56.0 - 44.5 ●
-$31.2 bn
●
2020 ●
44.5 - 55 ●
-$22.0 bn
●
2023 ●
55.0 - ●
-$23.0 bn
Pakistan’s imports grew at 4.2% annually (2013–2023), faster than Bangladesh
(3.9%) but dwarfed by India’s 5.8% surge, reflecting divergent industrial and
energy demands
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COMPARISON WITH INDIA’S TRADE (2023)
●
India
●
Metric ●
Pakistan
Bangladesh
●
$453 bn
●
Exports ●
$32 bn
$55 bn
●
$723 bn
●
Imports ●
$55 bn
$82 bn
●
-$270 bn -
●
Deficit ●
-$23 bn
$27 bn
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