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Trade between Germany and Pakistan

In 2024, Germany exported $846 million to Pakistan and imported $2.6 billion. Germany ran a deficit of $1.8 billion with Pakistan, compared with a deficit of $880 million in 2019. Pakistan was Germany’s 60th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Germany was Pakistan’s 7th (4%).

Summary

Germany → Pakistan
$846million
Pakistan → Germany
$2.6billion
Germany’s balance
-$1.8billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Pakistan

Trade between Germany and Pakistan grew 2.8-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Germany’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0.8
  • Imports 2.6
  • Balance -1.8

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$609 million$632 million-$22 million
1996$538 million$625 million-$88 million
1997$401 million$586 million-$185 million
1998$384 million$583 million-$200 million
1999$325 million$538 million-$213 million
2000$369 million$520 million-$150 million
2001$388 million$522 million-$134 million
2002$520 million$544 million-$23 million
2003$684 million$736 million-$52 million
2004$810 million$847 million-$37 million
2005$1.4 billion$785 million$583 million
2006$1.4 billion$831 million$596 million
2007$1.3 billion$931 million$392 million
2008$1.5 billion$1.1 billion$419 million
2009$1.3 billion$941 million$321 million
2010$1.1 billion$1.2 billion-$87 million
2011$1.1 billion$1.6 billion-$516 million
2012$1.1 billion$1.3 billion-$183 million
2013$1.1 billion$1.5 billion-$399 million
2014$1.1 billion$1.7 billion-$577 million
2015$1.1 billion$1.6 billion-$482 million
2016$1.3 billion$1.7 billion-$457 million
2017$1.3 billion$1.9 billion-$634 million
2018$1.6 billion$2 billion-$474 million
2019$1.1 billion$2 billion-$880 million
2020$1.1 billion$2.1 billion-$1.1 billion
2021$1.4 billion$2.6 billion-$1.2 billion
2022$1.1 billion$3.1 billion-$2 billion
2023$917 million$2.6 billion-$1.7 billion
2024$846 million$2.6 billion-$1.8 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Pakistan

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$50 million · 6%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Aluminum scrap$41 million · 4.8%
    23 thousand tonnes
  3. Other plastic articles$33 million · 3.9%
    891 tonnes
  4. Ferrous scrap$32 million · 3.7%
    73 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Medical and dental instruments$30 million · 3.6%
    899 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  6. Turbojets and gas turbines$24 million · 2.9%
    22 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  7. Sawn wood$24 million · 2.8%
    51 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Cars$22 million · 2.6%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  9. Other precious metal articles$21 million · 2.5%
    1 tonne
  10. Vaccines, blood and antisera$18 million · 2.2%
    108 tonnes · Germany’s destinations

What Pakistan sells to Germany

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Bed, table and kitchen linen$538 million · 20.3%
    82 thousand tonnes
  2. Men's suits and trousers$424 million · 16%
    25 thousand tonnes
  3. Women's suits and dresses$211 million · 8%
    10 thousand tonnes
  4. Sweaters and pullovers$179 million · 6.8%
    12 thousand tonnes
  5. Women's knitted suits and dresses$128 million · 4.8%
    8 thousand tonnes
  6. Socks and tights$114 million · 4.3%
    7 thousand tonnes
  7. T-shirts$112 million · 4.2%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Leather clothing$94 million · 3.5%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Medical and dental instruments$60 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  10. Sports equipment$56 million · 2.1%
    4 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Karachi.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Karachi is 11,579 nautical miles (21,444 km) long: ≈ 27–34.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover and the Cape of Good Hope (11,579 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (6,701 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$3.2 billion · 90.5%
  2. Air$332 million · 9.5%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Pakistan was Germany’s 60th largest trading partner (0.1% of its trade), and Germany was Pakistan’s 7th (4%).

Pakistan in Germany’s trade
0.1%
Pakistan’s rank among Germany’s partners
60th
Germany in Pakistan’s trade
3.6%
Germany’s rank among Pakistan’s partners
7th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

Other partners of Pakistan

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.