What was the top import of Pakistan in 2016?

In 2016 Pakistan imported $45.9 billion, making it the 44th largest importer in the world. During the last five years, the imports of Pakistan have increased at an annualized rate of 6.63%, from $44.6 billion in 2011 to $45.9 billion in 2016.

The key imports of 2016 were led by Refined Petroleum which represented 12.5% of the total imports of Pakistan, followed by Crude Petroleum, which accounted for 4.32%. Even in light of this, petroleum did not represent the highest dollar value in Pakistan’s import purchases during 2016.

As of the end of 2016, Pakistan had a negative trade balance of $25.5 billion in net imports. This can be compared to their trade balance in 1995 when they still had a negative trade balance of $664 million in net imports.