Pakistan’s exports to the seven regional countries witnessed an increase of 21.68 per cent in the first seven months of the financial year 2023-24. The country’s exports to the regional countries including Afghanistan, China, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, and the Maldives account for a small amount of $2614.021 million, which is 14.54 per cent of Pakistan’s overall exports of $17977.963 million during July-January 2023-24, State Bank of Pakistan reported.
China tops the list of countries in terms of Pakistan’s exports to its neighbouring, leaving behind other countries such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s exports to China witnessed an increase of 44.53 per cent to $1726.679 million in seven months of this year.
while exports to Afghanistan witnessed a nominal decline of 0.08 percent from $285.177 million to $284.927 million.
The country’s exports to Bangladesh also decreased by 23.27 percent to $367.776 million this year.
Exports to Sri Lanka rose by 24.65 percent to $227.254 million from $182.313.
Exports to Nepal increased by 2.38 per cent to $1.887 million from 1843 million while to Maldives increased by 12.45 per cent to $5.348 million from 4.734 million.
