Pakistan’s petroleum imports rose by 6.42 percent in July 2025, the first month of the current fiscal year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.
Total imports of the petroleum group stood at $1.346 billion, compared to $1.265 billion in July 2024. Petroleum products imports increased by 27.38 percent, from $498.342 million last year to $634.771 million, while crude oil imports rose 10.44 percent to $398.318 million from $360.667 million.
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports, however, fell 30.39 percent to $230.805 million from $264.288 million, while Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) imports rose 10.74 percent to $81.897 million, up from $73.952 million.
On a month-on-month basis, petroleum imports increased 2.68 percent from $1.311 billion in June 2025.
Meanwhile, overall exports recorded a growth of 16.91 percent in July, reaching $2.697 billion compared to $2.307 billion in July 2024. Total imports increased 29.25 percent to $5.449 billion from $4.216 billion, widening the trade deficit by 44.16 percent to $2.752 billion from $1.909 billion last year.
