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In August 2007, Pakistan started exporting cement to India to fill in the shortage there caused by the building boom. [8] Russia is a growing market for Pakistani exporters. In 2009/2010 the export target of Pakistan was US$20 billion. [9] As of April 2015, Pakistan's exports stand at US$29 billion.
Pakistan manufactures and sells weapons to over 40 countries, including European customers, generating $620 million annually. The country's sophisticated arms imports increased by 119 percent between 2004–2008 and 2009–13, with China providing 54 percent and the USA 27 percent of Pakistan's imports.
Pakistan Carpet Manufacturers and Exporters Association; Pakistan Horticulture Development and Export Company; Pakistan Land Port Authority; Pakistan Software Export Board; Pakistan–Britain Advisory Council; List of ports in Pakistan
Pakistan's five-year plans opted for a development strategy based on industrialization, but the major share of the development budget went to West Pakistan, that is, contemporary Pakistan. [34] A lack of natural resources meant that East Pakistan was heavily dependent on imports, creating a balance of payments problem. [ 34 ]
Country Imports (millions of $) . Year United States 3,375,948 2022 European Union [n 1] 2,743,745 [3]: 2022 China 2,706,601 2022 Germany 1,571,057 2022 Japan 898,099 ...
The Pakistan wheat import scandal refers to a controversy that emerged in 2024, involving the importation of a significant amount of wheat by the caretaker government, despite the country having surplus wheat stocks. This decision allegedly caused a loss of more than 300 billion rupees to the national exchequer.
Pakistan and South Sudan maintain an economic, import-export relationship. [295] The countries share a cordial relationship as Muslim-majority countries. [ 295 ] Pakistan recognised South Sudan after South Sudan was added as a candidate in the United Nations General Assembly.
Domestic petroleum production totals only about half the country's oil needs, and the need to import oil has contributed to Pakistan's trade deficits and past shortages of foreign exchange. The current government has announced that privatization in the oil and gas sector is a priority, as is the substitution of indigenous gas for imported oil ...