ISLAMABAD, Jun 8 (APP): Pakistan’s goods and services trade with Italy witnessed a surplus of 18.41 percent during the first ten months of the fiscal year (2025-26) as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
Trade surplus during the period under review was recorded at $555.142 million against $468.828 million last year, showing 18.41 percent growth.
The overall exports to Italy were recorded at US $969.435 million during July-April (2025-26) year against exports of US $936.456 million during the same period of last year, showing an increase of 3.52 percent, SBP data revealed.
Meanwhile, on a year-on-year basis, exports to Italy during April 2026 decreased by 3.22 percent from US $ 92.284 million to US $ 89.304 million.
Month-on-month basis, however, exports witnessed a nominal increase during April 2026 as compared with exports of US $ 89.296 million in March 2026, the SBP data said.
Overall Pakistan’s exports to all countries witnessed a decrease of 5.43 percent in ten months, from US $27.307 billion to US $25.824 billion, the SBP data said.
On the other hand, imports from Italy during the period under review were recorded at US $414.293 million against US $467.628 million of last year, showing a decrease of 11.40 percent in July-April (2025-26).
Meanwhile, year-on-year imports from Italy during April 2026 decreased by 12.39 percent from US $39.581 million last year to US $34.673 million.
On a month-on-month basis, the imports from Italy also decreased by 15.57 percent during April 2026 as compared to the import of US $30.000 million in March 2026, SBP data said.
The overall imports increased by 8.49 percent, from US $48.624 billion to US $52.753 million during the period under review.
