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ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (APP):Pakistan’s goods and services trade with Italy witnessed a surplus of 23.54 percent during the first six months of the fiscal year (2025-26) as compared to the corresponding months of last year.
Trade surplus during the months under review was recorded at $352.814 million against $285.585 million last year, showing 23.54 percent growth.
The overall exports to Italy were recorded at US $612.888 million during July-December (2025-26) year against exports of US $570.082 million during the same months last year, showing an increase of 7.50 percent, SBP data revealed.
Meanwhile, on a year-on-year basis, exports to Italy during December 2025 increased by 12.36 percent from US $ 88.621 million to US $ 99.576 million.
Month-on-month exports to Italy also rose by 21.02 percent during November 2025 as compared with exports of US $ 82.274 million in November 2025, the SBP data said.
Overall Pakistan’s exports to all countries witnessed a decrease of 4.97 percent in six months, from US $16.319 billion to US $15.507 billion, the SBP data said.
On the other hand, imports from Italy during the months under review were recorded at US $260.074 million against US $284.497 million of last year, showing a decrease of 8.58 percent in July-December (2025-26).
Meanwhile, year-on-year imports from Italy during December 2025 increased by 145.97 percent from US $32.387 million last year to US $79.664 million.
On a month-on-month basis, the imports from Italy also increased by 163.44 percent during December 2025 as compared to the import of US $30.239 million in November 2025, SBP data said.
The overall imports increased by 12.26 percent, from US $27.902 billion to US $31.325 million during the period under review.