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Pharma exports fall in FY26; decline extends into Q1FY27

Pakistan Published 22 October 2026, 05:52 · archived 22 Oct 2026

KARACHI: Pakistan’s pharmaceutical exports fell sharply in FY26 and continued to decline in the first quarter of FY27, as disruption of trade with Afghanistan, once one of the country’s major markets for medicines, weighed on the sector’s export performance. Pakistan exported pharmaceutical products worth USD319.012 million in FY26, down from USD457.456 million in FY25, according to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data. The decline amounted to USD138.444 million. Export volumes also fell 26.14 percent, from 112,517 tonnes to 83,104 tonnes, a decrease of 29,413 tonnes. The decline continued...

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