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Where does Pakistan get its solar panels and cells? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Pakistan imported $2.2 billion of solar panels and cells (791 thousand tonnes), 2.8% of the world total. China sold 100% of the total, followed by Hong Kong (0.1%) and the United Arab Emirates (0.1%). Pakistan was the world’s 9th-largest importer of solar panels and cells.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
791thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.8%
World rank
9th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.2Tonnes: 787,974USD per tonne: $2,76999.7%Land
Hong Kong re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 616USD per tonne: $2,9220.08%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 529USD per tonne: $2,9030.07%Sea
Cambodia< 0.01Tonnes: 376USD per tonne: $2,9010.05%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 28USD per tonne: $31,0820.04%Sea
Chad< 0.01Tonnes: 114USD per tonne: $2,9010.02%Sea
South Korea< 0.01Tonnes: 45USD per tonne: $5,2580.01%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 64USD per tonne: $3,0270.01%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 37USD per tonne: $3,9940.01%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $417,3210.01%Air
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 909USD per tonne: $1350.01%Sea
Austria< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,087,4640%Air
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 25USD per tonne: $2,7470%Sea
Canada< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $1,131,3910%Air
Malaysia< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $178,5370%Air
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $394,3260%Air
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $43,3760%Sea
Luxembourg< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $578,6430%Air
Tunisia< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2005

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • China 2.2
  • Hong Kong < 0.01
  • United Arab Emirates < 0.01
  • Cambodia < 0.01
  • United Kingdom < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.2
Hong Kong< 0.01< 0.01
United Arab Emirates0< 0.01
Cambodia0< 0.01
United Kingdom< 0.01< 0.01

Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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