Trade & Economic Relations

India-Pakistan bilateral trade in 2013-14 touched a peak of US$2.7 billion, before dropping marginally to US$ 2.35 billion in 2014-15. The bilateral trade showed a slight increase in 2015-16 to US$ 2.61. Bilateral trade witnessed a slight drop in 2016-17 to US$ 2.28 billion, with exports from India at $1.83 billion and imports from Pakistan to India at $456.33 million.

• The imports from Pakistan have shown a gradual declining trend since 2012-13, when it touched US$ 541.87 billion.
• Main items of export from India to Pakistan are: cotton, organic chemicals, machinery, food products including prepared animal fodder, vegetables, plastic articles, man-made filament, coffee, tea and spices, dyes, oil seeds and olea, etc.
• Main items of import by India from Pakistan are: copper and copper articles, fruits and nuts, cotton, salt, sulphur and earths and stones, organic chemicals, mineral fuels, rubber plastic products, wool, etc.