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In August 2007, Pakistan started exporting cement to India to fill in the shortage there caused by the building boom. [8] Russia is a growing market for Pakistani exporters. In 2009/2010 the export target of Pakistan was US$20 billion. [9] As of April 2015, Pakistan's exports stand at US$29 billion.
Pakistan is a net food exporter, except in occasional years when its harvest is adversely affected by droughts. Pakistan exports rice, cotton, fish, fruits (especially Oranges and Mangoes), and vegetables and imports vegetable oil, wheat, pulses, and consumer foods. [72]
The Pakistan wheat import scandal refers to a controversy that emerged in 2024, involving the importation of a significant amount of wheat by the caretaker government, despite the country having surplus wheat stocks. This decision allegedly caused a loss of more than 300 billion rupees to the national exchequer.
Pakistan maintains a High Commission in Cape Town, and South Africa maintains a High Commission in Islamabad. [293] [294] South Africa is also home to more than 2,500 Pakistanis. South Sudan: Pakistan and South Sudan maintain an economic, import-export relationship. [295] The countries share a cordial relationship as Muslim-majority countries ...
Trading Corporation of Pakistan was established in 1967 as a premier international trading house fully owned by the Government of Pakistan. [4] [5] From the year 1980-81, the government decided to remove the monopoly of TCP on imports of the country. [6]
According to the Economic complexity index, Pakistan is the 67th largest export economy in the world and the 106th most complex economy. [10] During the fiscal year 2015–16, Pakistan's exports stood at US$20.81 billion and imports at US$44.76 billion, resulting in a negative trade balance of US$23.96 billion. [11]
Domestic petroleum production totals only about half the country's oil needs, and the need to import oil has contributed to Pakistan's trade deficits and past shortages of foreign exchange. The current government has announced that privatization in the oil and gas sector is a priority, as is the substitution of indigenous gas for imported oil ...
Pakistan's five-year plans opted for a development strategy based on industrialization, but the major share of the development budget went to West Pakistan, that is, contemporary Pakistan. [34] A lack of natural resources meant that East Pakistan was heavily dependent on imports, creating a balance of payments problem. [34]