Overview
- Pakistan’s central bank reported a $1.07 billion current-account surplus for March 2026, the third monthly surplus in a row.
- The month’s balance was lifted by $3.831 billion in worker remittances and by a smaller gap in trade of goods and services at $2.399 billion.
- For July through March, the current account shows only an $8 million surplus as the primary income line posted a $6.357 billion deficit.
- The goods trade gap in March measured $2.376 billion while the services shortfall narrowed to $23 million.
- Industry data for February show large-scale manufacturing up 6.45% from a year earlier but down 8.97% from January, with autos and sugar strong and textiles weak.