Monthly goods exports (free-on-board value, balance-of-payments basis) — the Dollar earnings Pakistan brings in from selling goods abroad.
Source: SBP EasyData (BPM6 basis) / Pakistan Bureau of Statistics advance release, monthly.
Pakistan's exports are dominated by textiles and apparel, which together typically account for well over half of total goods exports, followed by food (rice, in particular), leather goods, and surgical/sporting goods.
This figure is reported on a free-on-board (FOB) and balance-of-payments (BPM6) basis, matching the methodology used in Pakistan's official current account statistics — the same basis Trade Balance and Current Account on this dashboard use.
Pakistan's export base has historically been narrow and slow-growing relative to regional peers like Bangladesh or Vietnam, a persistent structural concern given how directly export earnings fund the country's import bill.
Export earnings are one of the two main sources of foreign currency inflow (alongside remittances) that Pakistan relies on to pay for its imports and service external debt — a widening gap between exports and imports (the trade deficit) is a direct driver of current account and reserve pressure.
Because textiles dominate the export base, Pakistan's export earnings are unusually exposed to global cotton prices, energy costs (which feed into textile production costs), and demand conditions in key markets like the US and EU.