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ISLAMABAD, Nov 25 (APP):The imports of the overall petroleum group decreased by 0.68 percent during the first four months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
The total imports of the petroleum group during July-October (2025-26) were recorded at $ 5,149.760 million against the imports of $ 5,115.042 million during the same period of last year.
Among petroleum commodities, the import of petroleum products increased by 10.47 percent, from $ 1,754.885 million last year to $ 1,938.669 during current year whereas the import of petroleum crude we up by 13.52 percent from $1,736.712 million to $1,971.507 million.
ON the other hand, the imports of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) decreased by 29.18 percent from $1,305.831 million last year to $ 924.760 million while the import of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) went down by 0.86 per cent in the first four months and stood at $ 314.748 million as compared to $ 317.471 million during the corresponding month of last year. The imports of all other petroleum products decreased by 47 percent, from $0.143 million to $0.076 million
Meanwhile, on year-on-year basis, the petroleum group imports witnessed an increase of 29.56 percent and was recorded at $1,374.725 during the month of October as compared to the imports of $1,061.034 million in October 2024.
On a month-on-month basis, the petroleum group imports witnessed an increase of 11.21 percent during the month of October as compared to the imports of $ 1,236.198 million in September 2025.
It is pertinent to mention here that the country’s over merchandise exports reached to $10.448 billion during the first four months (July–October) of the current fiscal year (2025–26), showing a decline of 4.04 percent when compared to exports of $10.888 billion during same period of last fiscal year.
On the other hand, imports into the country increased by 15.13 percent, rising from $20.003 billion last year to $23.030 billion during July–October (2025–26).
Based on the figures, the trade deficit during the first four months was recorded at $12.582 billion against the deficit of $9.115 billion last year, showing an increase of 38.04 percent.