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Trade deficit shrinks as imports decline & exports go up

by FIA
Jan 10, 2019
in Business, Islamabad, National
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ISLAMABAD: Government’s policy measures have resulted in shrinking of trade deficit, decline in imports and increase in exports which augurs well for overall balance of payment of the country.

The trade deficit that stood at US$ 17.7 Billion in July- December 2017 has shrunk by 5% to US$16.8 Billion in the corresponding period in 2018.

The overall imports from July-December 2018 have shrunk by over 2% from US$ 28.7 Billion in July – December 2017 to US$ 28 Billion in July – December 2018.

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This trend is even more pronounced in respect of imports under RD regime, where the import value has declined from US$ 5.2 Billion in July – December 2017 to US$ 4.4 Billion in July – December 2018, showing a contraction of 16% (effective on 1994 tariff lines).

The trade balance in December 2018 compared to December 2017 shrunk by 19% from US$ 2.9 Billion to US$ 2.3 Billion.


In December 2018, the imports in US $ term declined to US$ 4.3 billion compared to US$ 4.9 billion in December 2017 which reflects an import compression of over 12%.


This trend is even more pronounced in December 2018 in respect of imports under RD regime (effective on 1994 tariff lines) wherein the imports declined from US$ 896 million in December 2017 to US$ 691 million in December 2018 (-23%).

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Data indicates that the import compression measures taken in the supplementary Finance Act, 2018 have firmly taken hold and are now effectively curtailing imports as per policy regime of the government. The data on import of containerized cargo also has shrunk by (9%).


There is a growth in exports of 5.5% in December 2018 compared to December 2017. In the first six months from July-December 2018 exports have shown a growth of over 2% compared to the same period last year.

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