Pakistan | Imports and Exports | World | Cotton | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020
| Commodity | Reporter | Partner | Trade flow | Indicator | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| 52. Cotton | Pakistan | World | Exports | Value (US$) | 3 203 791 963.00 | 4 013 418 507.00 | 5 097 132 661.00 | 5 225 693 641.00 | 5 333 783 564.00 | 4 731 369 492.00 | 4 040 270 901.00 | 3 497 373 555.00 | 3 497 688 725.00 | 3 498 996 688.00 | 3 242 493 094.00 | 2 642 547 040.00 |
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | -10.896 | 25.27 | 27.002 | 2.522 | 2.068 | -11.294 | -14.606 | -13.437 | 0.009 | 0.037 | -7.33 | -18.502 | ||||
| Imports | Value (US$) | 497 828 333.00 | 830 921 821.00 | 909 279 381.00 | 683 983 365.00 | 1 046 709 066.00 | 741 595 816.00 | 662 978 144.00 | 719 253 672.00 | 974 979 717.00 | 1 243 764 503.00 | 832 048 068.00 | 1 392 682 228.00 | |||
| Value Growth, YoY (%) | -58.808 | 66.909 | 9.43 | -24.777 | 53.031 | -29.149 | -10.601 | 8.488 | 35.554 | 27.568 | -33.102 | 67.38 |
The value of exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" from Pakistan totalled $ 2.64 billion in 2020. Sales of commodity group 52 from Pakistan decreased by 18.5% in value terms compared to 2019. exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" decreased by $ 599 million (cumulative exports of commodity group 52 from Pakistan amounted $3.24 billion in 2019)
Exports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" amounted to 11.8% of total exports from Pakistan (cumulative merchandise exports from Pakistan totalled $ 22 billion in 2020). The share of commodity group 52 in total exports from Pakistan decreased by 1.76 p.p. compared to 2019 (it was 13.6% in 2019 and cumulative exports from Pakistan were equal to $ 23 billion).
Where does Pakistan export Cotton?
Top export destinations of "Cotton" from Pakistan in 2020:
- China with a share of 24% (645 million US$)
- Bangladesh with a share of 16.1% (427 million US$)
- USA with a share of 7.1% (187 million US$)
- Turkey with a share of 5.35% (141 million US$)
- Italy with a share of 5.27% (139 million US$)
- Portugal with a share of 4.41% (116 million US$)
- Germany with a share of 3.11% (82 million US$)
- Spain with a share of 2.92% (77 million US$)
- Netherlands with a share of 2.56% (67 million US$)
- Korea with a share of 2.44% (64 million US$)
Exports structure of 52 - Cotton - from Pakistan in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 30% (805 million US$): 5205 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 25% (665 million US$): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2.
- 23% (623 million US$): 5208 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2.
- 8.67% (229 million US$): 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.
- 4.85% (128 million US$): 5211 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2.
- 3.6% (95 million US$): 5212 - Other woven fabrics of cotton.
- 2.11% (55 million US$): 5202 - Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).
- 1.22% (32 million US$): 5206 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 0.179% (4.73 million US$): 5204 - Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale.
- 0.083% (2.2 million US$): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
The value of imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" to Pakistan totalled $ 1.39 billion in 2020. Sales of commodity group 52 to Pakistan went up by 67% compared to 2019: imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" went up by $ 560 million (the value of imports of commodity group 52 to Pakistan was equal to $832 million in 2019)
Imports of commodity group 52 "Cotton" accounted for 3.04% of total import flow to Pakistan (in 2020, total imports to Pakistan amounted to $ 45 billion). The share of commodity group 52 in total imports to Pakistan increased by 1.38 p.p. compared to 2019 (it was 1.66% in 2019 and cumulative imports to Pakistan were equal to $ 50 billion).
Where does Pakistan import Cotton from?
Top trading partners (import of "Cotton") of Pakistan in 2020:
- USA with a share of 39% (552 million US$)
- Brazil with a share of 19.5% (272 million US$)
- Afghanistan with a share of 8.41% (117 million US$)
- Tanzania with a share of 6.15% (85 million US$)
- China with a share of 4.43% (61 million US$)
- Mexico with a share of 4.34% (60 million US$)
- Argentina with a share of 3.01% (42 million US$)
- Côte d`Ivoire with a share of 2.88% (40 million US$)
- Egypt with a share of 2.77% (38 million US$)
- Sudan with a share of 1.54% (21 million US$)
Imports structure of 52 - Cotton - to Pakistan in 2020 represented by the following main commodity groups:
- 94% (1.31 billion US$): 5201 - Cotton, not carded or combed.
- 4.57% (63 million US$): 5205 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 0.274% (3.82 million US$): 5211 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing more than 200 g/m2.
- 0.248% (3.46 million US$): 5208 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing not more than 200 g/m2.
- 0.145% (2.03 million US$): 5202 - Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock).
- 0.108% (1.5 million US$): 5209 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing 85 % or more by weight of cotton, weighing more than 200 g/m2.
- 0.076% (1.06 million US$): 5210 - Woven fabrics of cotton, containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, mixed mainly or solely with man-made fibres, weighing not more than 200 g/m2.
- 0.074% (1.03 million US$): 5206 - Cotton yarn (other than sewing thread), containing less than 85 % by weight of cotton, not put up for retail sale.
- 0.014% (208 thousand US$): 5212 - Other woven fabrics of cotton.
- 0.011% (153 thousand US$): 5204 - Cotton sewing thread, whether or not put up for retail sale.
