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Trade between Pakistan and the United Kingdom

In 2024, Pakistan exported $2.3 billion to the United Kingdom and imported $680 million. Pakistan ran a surplus of $1.6 billion with the United Kingdom, compared with a surplus of $847 million in 2019. The United Kingdom was Pakistan’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Pakistan was the United Kingdom’s 49th (0.3%).

Summary

Pakistan → United Kingdom
$2.3billion
United Kingdom → Pakistan
$680million
Pakistan’s balance
$1.6billion

Balance

Pakistan’s trade balance with the United Kingdom

Trade between Pakistan and the United Kingdom grew 3-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 2.3
  • Imports 0.7
  • Balance +1.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$562 million$448 million$114 million
1996$601 million$452 million$149 million
1997$615 million$389 million$226 million
1998$587 million$359 million$228 million
1999$534 million$323 million$211 million
2000$669 million$284 million$386 million
2001$725 million$314 million$411 million
2002$836 million$355 million$481 million
2003$1 billion$508 million$513 million
2004$1.2 billion$582 million$648 million
2005$935 million$905 million$29 million
2006$1.1 billion$951 million$137 million
2007$1.1 billion$822 million$319 million
2008$1.2 billion$957 million$258 million
2009$1.2 billion$884 million$298 million
2010$1.4 billion$749 million$605 million
2011$1.6 billion$755 million$828 million
2012$1.4 billion$935 million$418 million
2013$1.5 billion$706 million$826 million
2014$1.8 billion$808 million$1 billion
2015$1.7 billion$805 million$918 million
2016$1.6 billion$876 million$768 million
2017$1.7 billion$961 million$715 million
2018$1.8 billion$1 billion$797 million
2019$1.8 billion$971 million$847 million
2020$1.8 billion$719 million$1.1 billion
2021$2.3 billion$942 million$1.4 billion
2022$2.3 billion$856 million$1.4 billion
2023$2.3 billion$664 million$1.6 billion
2024$2.3 billion$680 million$1.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Pakistan sells to the United Kingdom

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

  1. Bed, table and kitchen linen$540 million · 23.3%
    89 thousand tonnes
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$270 million · 11.6%
    14 thousand tonnes
  3. Rice$174 million · 7.5%
    168 thousand tonnes · Pakistan’s destinations
  4. Men's suits and trousers$148 million · 6.4%
    10 thousand tonnes
  5. Women's suits and dresses$123 million · 5.3%
    7 thousand tonnes
  6. Men's knitted suits and trousers$99 million · 4.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  7. T-shirts$77 million · 3.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Women's knitted suits and dresses$73 million · 3.1%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Socks and tights$73 million · 3.1%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Men's knitted shirts$49 million · 2.1%
    4 thousand tonnes

What the United Kingdom sells to Pakistan

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

  1. Ferrous scrap$346 million · 50.9%
    755 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  2. Used clothing$39 million · 5.7%
    50 thousand tonnes
  3. Computers$25 million · 3.7%
    1 thousand tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$14 million · 2%
    13 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  5. Cars$13 million · 2%
    652 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  6. Medical and dental instruments$13 million · 2%
    896 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  7. Aluminum scrap$12 million · 1.7%
    8 thousand tonnes
  8. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$10 million · 1.4%
    182 tonnes · the United Kingdom’s destinations
  9. Paper labels$9 million · 1.4%
    276 tonnes
  10. Other plastic articles$6 million · 0.9%
    277 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Karachi to Felixstowe.

The estimated sea route between Karachi and Felixstowe is 11,212 nautical miles (20,765 km) long: ≈ 26–33.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Dover (11,212 nautical miles); and 15% via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, the Suez Canal, the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of Dover (6,338 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$2.8 billion · 91.7%
  2. Air$250 million · 8.3%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United Kingdom was Pakistan’s 8th largest trading partner (3% of its trade), and Pakistan was the United Kingdom’s 49th (0.3%).

The United Kingdom in Pakistan’s trade
3.1%
The United Kingdom’s rank among Pakistan’s partners
8th
Pakistan in the United Kingdom’s trade
0.3%
Pakistan’s rank among the United Kingdom’s partners
49th

Compare with

Other partners of Pakistan

Other partners of the United Kingdom

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.