data | After 2019, Pakistan reduced dependence on India by importing from China and Brazil

In 2019, India and Pakistan took tough measures to prevent the free flow of goods between them. The main reasons for this were the terrorist attack in Pulwama, air strikes from across the border and the dilution of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. However, for the last few days, Pakistan has been battling it. devastating flood Which has destroyed standing crops and created fear of food shortage. In this context, the Finance Minister of Pakistan had said last week that the government May consider importing vegetables and other food items from India, Statistics show that before 2019, Pakistan was dependent on India for imports of meat, cotton and wheat and cereal flour. After the sanctions, it replaced India’s share with imports from China, the US and Brazil.

import dependency

The chart shows Pakistan’s imports (in million) from India. The table shows the top trading partners of Pakistan and India, their import share and import ranking. For example, in 2008, 4% of Pakistan’s imports came from India, which ranked 8th among Pakistan’s partners. In 2021, only 0.5% of imports were from India, which was ranked 36th.

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commodity shares

The graph shows India’s share of Pakistan’s total imports for specific products between 2014 and 2018. For example, 64% of Pakistan’s meat imports, 42% of cotton imports and 15% of milling industry products were imported from India during this period.

Replacement

Charts show Pakistan’s imports in $million between 2017 and 2021 in three products: meat, cotton and milling industry products (wheat, buckwheat flour, etc.). Pakistan stopped importing meat from India but since then no country has been able to match India’s pre-2019 share in meat imports. However, India was replaced by the US and Brazil in the import of cotton and by China in the import of flour.

Source: Comrade

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