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| SECTOR | IMPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK | EXPORTS | 5Y/YR | RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Machinery | $919.5M | -8.1% | 61 | $43.2M | +8.6% | 70 |
| Automation and Robotics | $146.7M | -13.7% | 72 | $5.17M | -7.9% | 100 |
| Pumps and Valves | $398.8M | -9.7% | 67 | $13.8M | -6.5% | 81 |
| Material Handling | $97.1M | -11.6% | 89 | $2.86M | -25.7% | 101 |
| Food Processing Equipment | $138.9M | -4.3% | 70 | $29.1M | +13.0% | 59 |
| Steel and Metal Products | $4.48B | -3.1% | 52 | $1.58B | +5.0% | 71 |
| Specialty Chemicals | $1.49B | -0.8% | 54 | $155.8M | -1.6% | 76 |
| Plastics and Polymers | $2.74B | +2.8% | 52 | $536.8M | +5.6% | 64 |
| Packaging | $117.9M | -6.2% | 114 | $144.3M | +3.0% | 74 |
| Industrial Textiles | $218.5M | -2.8% | 55 | $139.6M | +5.2% | 44 |
| Electrical Equipment | $1.23B | -1.2% | 58 | $73.0M | +12.6% | 82 |
| Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics | $2.34B | +35.8% | 34 | $7.16M | +11.5% | 83 |
| Automotive Components | $546.0M | -6.2% | 72 | $107.9M | +26.5% | 72 |
| Aerospace Components | $201.8M | -4.7% | 65 | $26.9M | -22.7% | 73 |
| Medical Devices | $517.5M | +0.3% | 60 | $574.2M | +4.7% | 40 |
| Construction Materials | $69.4M | -15.4% | 143 | $417.8M | +1.2% | 51 |
| HVAC and Industrial Refrigeration | $211.2M | -8.3% | 81 | $36.3M | +7.6% | 71 |
| Power Generation Equipment | $553.4M | -10.2% | 39 | $38.6M | -6.8% | 56 |
| Water Treatment Equipment | $59.8M | -5.3% | 73 | $3.65M | +16.5% | 76 |
| Mining Equipment | $207.0M | -8.8% | 92 | $23.4M | -15.9% | 79 |
World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Sui Southern Gas Company Limited in Karachi invited bids to supply 30,000 sets of corrugated packing cartons for REMUS G1.6 gas meters, delivered at 3,000 sets per month. The estimated cost is PKR 180,000 and the closing date is 5 November 2026.
First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba received the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan's no-objection for its proposed merger into Treet Packaging Limited through a scheme of arrangement. The merger still requires shareholder, creditor and court approvals.
Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (PSPC) signed a final award contract with Decent Packages (Private Limited) of Karachi to supply corrugated boxes, with an awarded amount of Rs. 8,000,400 on August 5, 2026.
Germany's KSB Group announced plans for a major manufacturing facility in Pakistan, described as Germany's largest direct investment there. The announcement was made in Islamabad during a meeting with Pakistan's investment minister. No amount or site was given.
The Al-Khair Corrugated Carton Factory, an eco-friendly packaging plant owned by Khair Mohammad, was inaugurated in Quetta, Balochistan, with a PKR 30 million matching grant under the EU-supported GRASP programme.
Weir Group has been awarded a £53m contract to supply HPGRs, screens, slurry pumps and hydrocyclones for Barrick's Reko Diq copper-gold project in Chagai, Balochistan, with the first £26m call-off booked immediately.
Pakistan Aluminium Beverage Cans Limited plans an IPO offering 26 percent of its shares to raise at least Rs3.3 billion, with book building on June 22-23 and public subscription on June 29-30, 2021. The company is also raising capacity to 950 million cans per year by July 2022.
KERUI Petroleum & Gas shipped a customized high-power natural gas reciprocating compressor unit to a customer in Pakistan, its third delivery to that customer after earlier units. The announcement is dated 18 May 2021.
Packages Limited announced that subsidiary Bulleh Shah Packaging approved a Rs2.8 billion investment in a new corrugated packaging line with 115,000 tons per annum capacity, expected to start operations in the first half of 2023.
Tri-Pack Films board approved a new BOPP film production line costing Rs9 billion, announced to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on December 2, 2020. The line is likely to start in 2023.
GE Renewable Energy, in a consortium with Powerchina Zhongnan Engineering, was selected by Pakistan's WAPDA to supply turbines and generators for Stage 1 of the 2.2GW Dasu hydropower project on the Indus River, expected to be commissioned in 2026.
Stora Enso and Packages Ltd. completed the joint venture Bulleh Shah Packaging (Private) Limited, in which Stora Enso holds a 35% stake for about USD 39 million cash. The venture supplies packaging and paperboard products in Pakistan.
Jereh signed an EPC contract with OGDCL for the Nashpa compression project in Pakistan, worth nearly 30 million dollars, providing four engine-driven reciprocating compressors and turnkey engineering.
Swedish packaging firm Ecolean signed an agreement to supply Pakistan-based dairy company At-Tahur with its Ecolean Air 250ml portion package for the Prema premium fresh milk brand.
Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the first of three new units at the Tarbela hydropower plant on 2018-03-10. Voith supplies the electromechanical equipment, valued at around EUR 200 million, for the fourth expansion for WAPDA, which raises output to 4,888 MW.
Pakistani packaging printer Rehmpack selected Koenig & Bauer's Rapida 106 sheetfed offset press for its newly built 200,000 sq ft facility in Port Qasim Industrial Area, Karachi. The facility is scheduled to be operational in 2018.
Mondi highlights its 15-year partnership with Cherat Packaging, which uses Mondi sack kraft paper exclusively to make two-ply cement bags for Pakistan's cement market.
Pakistani packaging manufacturer Packages Limited in Lahore has bought the 500th Miraflex II CM8 flexo press from W&H and also ordered a Varex II 7-layer blown film extrusion line, the first of its type in Pakistan.
Siemens secured a deal from China Machinery Engineering (CMEC), the EPC contractor, to supply two gas turbines, a steam turbine, heat recovery steam generators and auxiliary systems for Punjab Thermal Power's 1.3GW combined-cycle plant in Jhang, valued at around €200 million.
Cherat Packaging commissioned a new Windmuller & Holscher universal paper sack line in October, using Mondi sack kraft paper to enter a new market with universal packaging.
Gasco Engineering executed a design, supply, installation and commissioning contract worth USD 4 million for a 120 MMscfd gas pressure boosting compressor station on the Mari Gas Pipeline at Daharki for client CPGCL.
A&R Carton, a unit of AR Packaging, signed a strategic partnership with Packages to jointly manufacture, sell and distribute cardboard packaging in Pakistan and neighbouring countries. The deal does not include a joint venture or equity stake.
A&R Carton AB of Sweden and Packages Limited of Pakistan signed a strategic partnership to make, procure, sell and market paper-based packaging in Pakistan and neighboring markets. The agreement is not a joint venture or equity participation.
