ISLAMABAD, Apr 06 (APP):The export of various services witnessed 18.38 percent increase during the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding months of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. According to the latest PBS data, Pakistan earned $6.463 billion from the export of services during July-February 2025-26 as compared to services’ export of $5.459 billion in July-February 2024-25. The services’ imports …
Services’ exports up by 18.38% to Rs6.4bln
ISLAMABAD, Apr 06 (APP):The export of various services witnessed 18.38 percent increase during the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding months of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
According to the latest PBS data, Pakistan earned $6.463 billion from the export of services during July-February 2025-26 as compared to services’ export of $5.459 billion in July-February 2024-25.
The services’ imports also witnessed an increase of 14.17 percent during the months under review and were recorded at $8.604 billion as compared to the imports of $7.536 billion in July-February 2024-25.
Based on the figures, the services’ trade deficit increased by 3.08 percent during the months under review as compared to the corresponding months of previous year. The services trade deficit was recorded at $2.140 billion during current months against the deficit of $2.076 billion during same months of last year.
Meanwhile, on year-on-year basis, the exports of services in February 2026 increased by 16.89 percent to $812.25 million from $694.90 million in February 2025.
On the other hand, the imports declined by 4.43 percent by going down from $952.19 million to $910.02 million, according to PBS data.
On month-on-month basis, the export of services decreased by 7.33 percent in February 2024 when compared to the exports of $876.48 million in January 2026.
The imports of services also declined by 20.87 percent in February 2026 compared to imports of $1,150.06 million in January 2026, PBS reported.
