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Trade between Pakistan and the United States

In 2024, Pakistan exported $5.5 billion to the United States and imported $1.5 billion. Pakistan ran a surplus of $4 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $1.4 billion in 2019. The United States was Pakistan’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Pakistan was the United States’ 59th (0.1%).

Summary

Pakistan → United States
$5.5billion
United States → Pakistan
$1.5billion
Pakistan’s balance
$4billion

Balance

Pakistan’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Pakistan and the United States grew 3.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 5.5
  • Imports 1.5
  • Balance +4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$1.3 billion$918 million$356 million
1996$1.3 billion$1.3 billion$88 million
1997$1.5 billion$1.2 billion$312 million
1998$1.8 billion$709 million$1.1 billion
1999$1.9 billion$416 million$1.5 billion
2000$2.2 billion$405 million$1.8 billion
2001$2.2 billion$481 million$1.8 billion
2002$2.5 billion$651 million$1.8 billion
2003$3.1 billion$884 million$2.2 billion
2004$3.4 billion$1.5 billion$1.8 billion
2005$3.9 billion$1.6 billion$2.2 billion
2006$3.9 billion$2.1 billion$1.8 billion
2007$3.8 billion$2.7 billion$1.1 billion
2008$4 billion$2.2 billion$1.8 billion
2009$3.2 billion$1.9 billion$1.3 billion
2010$3.6 billion$1.9 billion$1.6 billion
2011$4 billion$2 billion$1.9 billion
2012$4 billion$1.6 billion$2.4 billion
2013$3.9 billion$1.7 billion$2.2 billion
2014$3.9 billion$1.9 billion$2 billion
2015$3.9 billion$2 billion$1.9 billion
2016$3.7 billion$2.1 billion$1.6 billion
2017$3.8 billion$2.9 billion$898 million
2018$4 billion$3 billion$996 million
2019$4.2 billion$2.7 billion$1.4 billion
2020$4.3 billion$2.7 billion$1.7 billion
2021$5.7 billion$3.8 billion$1.8 billion
2022$6.5 billion$3 billion$3.4 billion
2023$5.2 billion$1.8 billion$3.4 billion
2024$5.5 billion$1.5 billion$4 billion

What they sell each other

What Pakistan sells to the United States

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

  1. Bed, table and kitchen linen$1.1 billion · 20.2%
    135 thousand tonnes
  2. Women's suits and dresses$484 million · 8.8%
    18 thousand tonnes
  3. Sweaters and pullovers$452 million · 8.2%
    16 thousand tonnes
  4. Men's suits and trousers$423 million · 7.7%
    15 thousand tonnes
  5. Other made-up textiles$260 million · 4.7%
    59 thousand tonnes
  6. Socks and tights$256 million · 4.7%
    12 thousand tonnes
  7. T-shirts$173 million · 3.2%
    6 thousand tonnes
  8. Mattresses, pillows and quilts$169 million · 3.1%
    25 thousand tonnes
  9. Leather clothing$158 million · 2.9%
    6 thousand tonnes
  10. Medical and dental instruments$135 million · 2.5%
    56 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources

What the United States sells to Pakistan

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

  1. Raw cotton$266 million · 17.6%
    183 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Ferrous scrap$116 million · 7.7%
    324 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  3. Natural gas and LPG$59 million · 3.9%
    112 thousand tonnes
  4. Turbojets and gas turbines$48 million · 3.2%
    144 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  5. Computers$48 million · 3.2%
    143 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Chemical wood pulp$45 million · 3%
    49 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Coal$44 million · 2.9%
    468 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  8. Aircraft parts$43 million · 2.8%
    148 tonnes
  9. Vaccines, blood and antisera$35 million · 2.3%
    145 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Medical and dental instruments$34 million · 2.3%
    2 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Karachi to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Karachi and Los Angeles is 10,977 nautical miles (20,329 km) long: ≈ 25.5–32.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore.

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$6.5 billion · 92.8%
  2. Air$503 million · 7.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Pakistan’s 3rd largest trading partner (7% of its trade), and Pakistan was the United States’ 59th (0.1%).

The United States in Pakistan’s trade
7.2%
The United States’ rank among Pakistan’s partners
3rd
Pakistan in the United States’ trade
0.1%
Pakistan’s rank among the United States’ partners
59th

Compare with

Other partners of Pakistan

Other partners of the United States

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.