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Trade between Indonesia and Pakistan

In 2024, Indonesia exported $3.2 billion to Pakistan and imported $620 million. Indonesia ran a surplus of $2.6 billion with Pakistan, compared with a surplus of $1.9 billion in 2019. Pakistan was Indonesia’s 22nd largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Indonesia was Pakistan’s 6th (4%).

Summary

Indonesia → Pakistan
$3.2billion
Pakistan → Indonesia
$620million
Indonesia’s balance
$2.6billion

Balance

Indonesia’s trade balance with Pakistan

Trade between Indonesia and Pakistan grew 17.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 3.2
  • Imports 0.6
  • Balance +2.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$119 million$103 million$17 million
1996$125 million$189 million-$64 million
1997$139 million$129 million$10 million
1998$127 million$157 million-$30 million
1999$158 million$122 million$36 million
2000$149 million$131 million$18 million
2001$179 million$193 million-$14 million
2002$265 million$85 million$180 million
2003$291 million$53 million$238 million
2004$399 million$59 million$340 million
2005$772 million$66 million$706 million
2006$949 million$52 million$898 million
2007$983 million$63 million$919 million
2008$1.4 billion$81 million$1.3 billion
2009$747 million$92 million$655 million
2010$835 million$115 million$720 million
2011$1.1 billion$240 million$815 million
2012$1.5 billion$291 million$1.2 billion
2013$1.3 billion$186 million$1.1 billion
2014$2.2 billion$180 million$2 billion
2015$2.1 billion$207 million$1.9 billion
2016$2.2 billion$190 million$2 billion
2017$2.7 billion$274 million$2.4 billion
2018$2.5 billion$720 million$1.8 billion
2019$2.3 billion$389 million$1.9 billion
2020$2.4 billion$195 million$2.2 billion
2021$4.2 billion$231 million$4 billion
2022$4.8 billion$188 million$4.7 billion
2023$3.5 billion$305 million$3.2 billion
2024$3.2 billion$620 million$2.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Indonesia sells to Pakistan

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

  1. Palm oil$2.4 billion · 74.2%
    2.9 million tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  2. 71 thousand tonnes
  3. Coal$62 million · 1.9%
    634 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  4. Lignite$55 million · 1.7%
    730 thousand tonnes
  5. 49 thousand tonnes
  6. Refined petroleum$41 million · 1.3%
    60 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  7. Vaccines, blood and antisera$40 million · 1.3%
    207 tonnes
  8. Newsprint$38 million · 1.2%
    43 thousand tonnes
  9. Margarine$30 million · 0.94%
    16 thousand tonnes
  10. Natural gas and LPG$28 million · 0.89%
    61 thousand tonnes

What Pakistan sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Rice$470 million · 75.9%
    800 thousand tonnes · Pakistan’s destinations
  2. Raw tobacco$25 million · 4.1%
    5 thousand tonnes
  3. Semi-finished steel$21 million · 3.4%
    40 thousand tonnes
  4. Citrus fruit$17 million · 2.8%
    12 thousand tonnes
  5. Heavy cotton fabric$13 million · 2.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. Ethyl alcohol (ethanol)$7 million · 1.2%
    10 thousand tonnes
  7. Phosphate fertilizers$6 million · 0.97%
    69 thousand tonnes
  8. Tanned cattle hides$4 million · 0.62%
    188 tonnes
  9. Tanned hides of other animals$4 million · 0.61%
    132 tonnes
  10. Frozen fish$4 million · 0.58%
    6 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Jakarta to Karachi.

The estimated sea route between Jakarta and Karachi is 3,427 nautical miles (6,346 km) long: ≈ 8–10 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$3.8 billion · 98.7%
  2. Air$51 million · 1.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

Pakistan was Indonesia’s 22nd largest trading partner (0.7% of its trade), and Indonesia was Pakistan’s 6th (4%).

Pakistan in Indonesia’s trade
0.7%
Pakistan’s rank among Indonesia’s partners
22nd
Indonesia in Pakistan’s trade
3.9%
Indonesia’s rank among Pakistan’s partners
6th

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Sources and methodology

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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.