ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s imports from Iran showed a tremendous growth of 70 percent during the first month (July) of the ongoing fiscal year 2025-26 on a month-on-month basis.
However, on year-on-year basis, Pakistan’s imports from Iran enhanced by 12 percent during July 2025 as compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year, official source told The Nation here Sunday. Pakistani imports from Iran increased by 70 percent on a monthly basis in July of the FY2025-26 as compared to the month of June 2025 of the previous fiscal year, the source said.
Pakistan’s imports from Iran were $66 million in June 2025, which have jumped to $112 million during July 2025, it said. Pakistan’s imports from Iran increased by 12 percent on year-over-year basis in July 2025 as compared to July 2024. In July 2024, Pakistan imported goods worth $100 million from Iran, government sources said.
Pakistan’s imports from Iran increased by 18 per cent in the fiscal year 2024-25, sources said. In FY2024-25, Pakistani imports from Iran increased to $1.222 billion, from $1.037 billion during the FY 2023-24.
Notably, Pakistani exports to Iran are negligible, mainly due to embargos imposed by the United States on Tehran. In the five fiscal years, from FY2019-20 to FY2023-24, Pakistan’s total exports to Iran were merely $130,000. Pakistani exports to Iran in the fiscal year 2023-24 were $20,000, while exports reached $100,000 in the fiscal year 2022-23. In the FY2020-21 and FY2021-22, Pakistan’s exports to Iran were zero, while in the FY2019-20, the exports were only $10,000.
When asked about negligible Pakistan’s export to Iran, the source said that the lack of banking channels due to US sanctions has been a major reason for the low exports to Tehran. Pakistan’s imports from Iran in the FY2024-25 were $1.222 billion, $1.037 billion in the FY2023-24, and $880 million in the FY 2022-23. Similarly, the volume of imports from Iran in FY2021-22 was $773.8 million, $518.6 million in the FY2020-21, while in the FY2019-20, imports were $440 million.
