Overview
- China’s customs data show Pakistan’s exports to China rose 48.7 percent to more than $1.55 billion in January–May 2026, up from $1.04 billion a year earlier.
- Copper products were the main driver, accounting for $675 million or 43.7 percent of the total and rising 71.7 percent year‑on‑year, with March 2026 the peak month at $361.6 million.
- Zhejiang remained the top destination because of its copper‑processing industry, Beijing recorded the fastest growth driven by state purchases of rice and sesame, and Guangxi’s imports tripled as overland CPEC routes from Gwadar to Xinjiang expanded.
- Officials and trade sources cite CPFTA tariff preferences and ongoing Phase III negotiations to add roughly 700 tariff lines as key factors that could further broaden market access for cereals, halal meat, textiles and minerals.
- Pakistan completed a shipment of 2,000 buffalo embryos to Royal Cell Biotechnology in Guangxi and company officials have projected much larger future imports; that larger figure is a company projection rather than an independently verified commitment.