Pakistan | Imports and Exports | World | Cotton | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2012 - 2023
The value of exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" from Pakistan totalled $ 3.05 billion in 2023. Sales of commodity group 52 from Pakistan decreased by 9.43% in value terms compared to 2022. exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" decreased by $ 318 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 52 from Pakistan amounted $3.37 billion in 2022)
Exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" amounted to 10.6% of total exports from Pakistan (cumulative merchandise exports from Pakistan totalled $ 28 billion in 2023). The share of commodity group 52 in total exports from Pakistan decreased by 0.335 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 10.9% in 2022 and cumulative exports from Pakistan were equal to $ 30 billion).
Exports of commodity group 52 amounted to 99% of total sales of group 52 "Cotton" from Pakistan in 2023 (the value of exports of commodity group 52 from Pakistan amounted to $3.05 billion in 2023). The share of exports of commodity group 52 in sales of commodity group 52 from Pakistan lowered by 0 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 100% in 2022, and exports of commodity group 52 from Pakistan were $3.37 billion).
Where does Pakistan export Cotton?
Top export destinations of "Cotton" from Pakistan in 2023:
- China with a share of 26% (800 million US$)
- Bangladesh with a share of 15.8% (484 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 5.75% (175 million US$)
- USA with a share of 5.41% (165 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 5.01% (153 million US$)
- Portugal with a share of 3.66% (111 million US$)
- Spain with a share of 2.96% (90 million US$)
- Sri Lanka with a share of 2.74% (83 million US$)
- Vietnam with a share of 2.6% (79 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 2.51% (76 million US$)
Exports structure of 52 - Cotton - from Pakistan in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 33% (1.03 billion US$): 5205 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
- 25% (781 million US$): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 18.6% (569 million US$): 5208 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 9% (275 million US$): 5210 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 4.67% (142 million US$): 5211 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 3.5% (107 million US$): 5212 - Other woven fabrics of cotton.
- 1.92% (58 million US$): 5202 - Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- 1.84% (56 million US$): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
- 0.917% (28 million US$): 5206 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 0.166% (5.08 million US$): 5204 - Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale
The value of imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" to Pakistan totalled $ 974 million in 2023. Sales of commodity group 52 to Pakistan decreased by 52% in value terms compared to 2022. imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" decreased by $ 1.07 billion (the value of imports of commodity group 52 to Pakistan was equal to $2.04 billion in 2022)
Imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" accounted for 1.94% of total import flow to Pakistan (in 2023, total imports to Pakistan amounted to $ 50 billion). The share of commodity group 52 in total imports to Pakistan decreased by 0.971 p.p. compared to 2022 (it was 2.92% in 2022 and cumulative imports to Pakistan were equal to $ 70 billion).
Where does Pakistan import Cotton from?
Top trading partners (import of "Cotton") of Pakistan in 2023:
- USA with a share of 38% (375 million US$)
- Afghanistan with a share of 13.8% (134 million US$)
- Brazil with a share of 13% (127 million US$)
- China with a share of 5.62% (54 million US$)
- Côte d`Ivoire with a share of 4.66% (45 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 4.2% (40 million US$)
- Australia with a share of 3.43% (33 million US$)
- Greece with a share of 3.36% (32 million US$)
- Mexico with a share of 2.17% (21 million US$)
- Tanzania with a share of 1.92% (18.7 million US$)
Imports structure of 52 - Cotton - to Pakistan in 2023 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 93% (913 million US$): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
- 3.24% (31 million US$): 5205 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale
- 1.85% (18 million US$): 5208 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 0.57% (5.56 million US$): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 0.307% (2.99 million US$): 5202 - Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)
- 0.206% (2.01 million US$): 5206 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 0.085% (837 thousand US$): 5210 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2
- 0.023% (227 thousand US$): 5211 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2
- 0.018% (180 thousand US$): 5212 - Other woven fabrics of cotton.
- 0.006% (61 thousand US$): 5204 - Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale
