{"id":4221,"date":"2025-12-25T13:03:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/25\/pakistan-trade-deficit-rise-exports-afghanistan-decline\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T13:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:03:28","slug":"pakistan-trade-deficit-rise-exports-afghanistan-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/12\/25\/pakistan-trade-deficit-rise-exports-afghanistan-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan&#8217;s Trade Deficit Rises Over 39% Due to Decline in Exports to Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s State Bank has announced that the country&#8217;s trade deficit has increased by more than 39% compared to last year, with the decline in exports to Afghanistan identified as one of the main factors behind this situation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the bank&#8217;s report, after China, Afghanistan was the second-largest market where Pakistan&#8217;s exports have seen a significant drop. This decrease has occurred amid serious trade restrictions between the two countries in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>The report states that since October 10, Islamabad has halted all kinds of trade with Afghanistan, including exports, a move that has had direct economic consequences for both sides.<\/p>\n<p>Official statistics show that Pakistan&#8217;s trade deficit has risen from $4.4 billion to $6.2 billion; the State Bank of Pakistan attributes this increase to falling exports and the narrowing of regional markets.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Afghanistan&#8217;s Chamber of Commerce and Investment stated that during the same period, trade between the two countries worth approximately $600 million was suspended, and Afghan fruits and vegetables worth $50 million spoiled at Pakistani border crossings\u2014 a situation that has raised serious concerns among traders and residents of border areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s trade deficit surged over 39% due to a sharp decline in exports to Afghanistan amid ongoing trade restrictions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}