1. Slovenia - Pakistan Trade

2. SLOVENIA RANKED NO. 46 AS PAKISTAN’S EXPORT DESTINATION IN 2018
COUNTRY
EXPORT VALUE (US$)
% SHARE IN TOTAL EXPORTS
World
23,630,893,000 1
United States of America
3,802,500,000
16% 2
China
1,818,069,000 8% 3
United Kingdom
1,728,637,000 7% 4
Afghanistan
1,347,934,000 6% 5
Germany
1,310,444,000 6
United Arab Emirates
983,575,000 4% 7
Netherlands
942,802,000 8
Spain
922,898,000 9
Bangladesh
783,825,000 3% 46
Slovenia
6,596,000
0.3%
EU is Pakistan’s largest export market and the UK is the most important export market within the EU

3. SLOVENIA WAS THE THIRTEENTH LARGEST EXPORT DESTINATION WITHIN THE EU IN 2018
The EU is Pakistan’s largest export market representing 34% of exports
Slovenia accounted for 0.8% of total EU exports from Pakistan in 2018.
EU is Pakistan’s largest export market and the UK is the most important export market within the EU

4. SLOVENIA RANKS NO. 95 IN PAKISTAN’S IMPORT SOURCES
COUNTRY
IMPORT VALUE (US$)
% SHARE IN TOTAL EXPORTS
World
60,162,862,000 1
China
14,544,687,000
24% 2
United Arab Emirates
8,668,637,000
14% 3
Saudi Arabia
3,242,349,000 5% 4
United States of America
2,946,715,000 5
Indonesia
2,502,372,000 4% 6
Qatar
2,386,183,000 7
Japan
2,273,024,000 8
India
1,928,465,000 3% 9
Thailand
1,430,727,000 2% 95
Slovenia
4,176,000
0.08%
EU is Pakistan’s largest export market and the UK is the most important export market within the EU

5. WITHIN THE EU, SLOVENIA WAS THE 24TH HIGHEST EXPORTER TO PAKISTAN IN 2018
EU is Pakistan’s 3rd largest import partner after China and UAE.
Imports from the EU stood at $5.46 billion in 2018.
Slovenia accounts for 0.08% of Pakistan’s imports from the EU and 0.007% of total imports from the world.
The UK is the second most important import supplying market of Pakistan in the EU

6. PAKISTAN SLOVENIA Trade Trends
Bilateral trade increased from US$ Mn in 2014 to US$ 66.8 Mn in 2018 i.e. by 25.9% in five years
Pakistan’s exports to Slovenia rose by 19.8% during this period.
Meanwhile, Slovenia’s exports to Pakistan increased by 47.2% during these five years.
The trade surplus has increased during the last five years, from $47.4 Mn in 2014 to around $58.4 Mn in 2018.

7. PAKISTAN’S TOP 10 EXPORTS TO Slovenia
HS CODE
DESCRIPTION
EXPORT VALUE 2016 (US$)
EXPORT VALUE 2017 (US$)
EXPORT VALUE 2018 (US$)
630210
Bedlinen, knitted or crocheted
6,038,000
13,331,000
13,102,000
630231
Bedlinen of cotton (excluding printed, knitted or crocheted)
10,195,000
4,303,000
6,640,000
630239
Bedlinen of textile materials (excluding of cotton and man-made fibres, printed, knitted or ...
6,763,000
6,077,000
5,421,000
551423
Woven fabrics containing predominantly, but < 85% polyester staple fibres by weight, mixed ... -
1,915,000
2,813,000
520812
Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 100 g to
1,239,000
1,783,000
2,542,000
520932
Woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing > 200 g/m², in three-thread ...
4,417,000
1,331,000
2,394,000
520522
Single cotton yarn, of combed fibres, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and with a linear ...
2,478,000
2,622,000
1,642,000
520831
Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing >= 85% cotton by weight and weighing <= 100 g/m², ...
312,000
2,064,000
1,601,000
410712
Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine ...
1,673,000
1,536,000
1,517,000
521031
Plain woven fabrics of cotton, containing predominantly, but < 85% cotton by weight, mixed ...
673,000
809,000
1,457,000

8. PAKISTAN’S TOP 10 IMPORTS FROM SLOVENIA
HS CODE
DESCRIPTION
IMPORT VALUE 2016 (US$)
IMPORT VALUE 2017 (US$)
IMPORT VALUE 2018 (US$)
382499
Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries, incl. those consisting ... -
971,000
839,000
902830
Electricity supply or production meters, incl. calibrating meters therefor
802,000
1,231,000
591,000
440729
Tropical wood specified in Subheading Note 1 to this chapter, sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced ...
57,000
102,000
367,000
391590
Waste, parings and scrap of plastics (excluding that of polymers of ethylene, styrene and vinyl ...
4,000
231,000
720449
Waste and scrap of iron or steel (excluding slag, scale and other waste of the production of ...
92,000
180,000
198,000
440711
Pine "Pinus spp." sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded ...
194,000
760200
Waste and scrap, of aluminium (excluding slags, scale and the like from iron and steel production, ...
63,000
17,000
115,000
820810
Knives and cutting blades, of base metal, for machines or for mechanical appliances, for m ...
10,000
94,000
901813
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
83,000
760320
Powders of aluminium, of lamellar structure, and flakes of aluminium (excluding pellets of ...
37,000
78,000
81,000

9. ACTUAL EXPORTS IN 2018 (US$) POTENTIAL EXPORTS IN 2018 (US$)
Pakistan’s Theoretical Potential* for Additional Exports to Slovenia, 2018
Top 10 Potential Products (HS 06). Aggregate Theoretical Potential is $0.93 bn
HS CODE
DESCRIPTION
ACTUAL EXPORTS IN 2018 (US$)
POTENTIAL EXPORTS IN 2018 (US$)
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, ... -
235,930,000
901890
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical or veterinary sciences, n.e.s.
6,000
197,386,000
410712
Grain splits leather "incl. parchment-dressed leather", of the whole hides and skins of bovine ...
1,517,000
108,173,000
300490
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, ...
73,543,000
640399
Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, with uppers of leather ...
429,000
70,727,000
610910
T-shirts, singlets and other vests of cotton, knitted or crocheted
38,000
60,685,000
740400
Waste and scrap, of copper (excluding ingots or other similar unwrought shapes, of remelted ...
54,380,000
100199
Wheat and meslin (excluding seed for sowing, and durum wheat)
49,772,000
170199
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form (excluding cane and beet sugar ...
40,203,000
300439
Medicaments containing hormones or steroids used as hormones but not antibiotics, put up in ...
37,488,000
8 of the 10 high potential exports already benefit from 0% tariffs under GSP+. The two products that don’t are rice and sugar which are unlikely to receive preferential treatment even under an FTA
*Theoretical potential from diverting Pakistan’s existing exports from other countries to meet Slovenia’s imports,
ignoring competitiveness and tariffs

10. ACTUAL IMPORTS IN 2018 (US$)
Pakistan’s Theoretical Potential* for Additional Imports from Slovenia
Top 10 Potential Products (HS 06). Aggregate theoretical potential is $3.3 bn
HS CODE
ACTUAL IMPORTS IN 2018 (US$)
POTENTIAL IMPORTS IN
2018 (US$)
271019
Medium oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, ... -
1,002,587,000
870321
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons, incl. ...
542,106,000
300490
Medicaments consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic purposes, ...
432,796,000
870322
67,000
291,813,000
870323
266,725,000
890120
Tankers
249,799,000
730890
Structures and parts of structures, of iron or steel, n.e.s. (excluding bridges and bridge-sections, ...
144,087,000
271012
Light oils and preparations, of petroleum or bituminous minerals which >= 90% by volume "incl. ...
136,424,000
870829
Parts and accessories of bodies for tractors, motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more ...
135,909,000
851712
Telephones for cellular networks "mobile telephones" or for other wireless networks
134,833,000
In the high potential imports of Pakistan from the UK, most products already face tariffs similar to those faced by Pakistan’s FTA partners
*Theoretical potential from switching imports from existing sources to Slovenia exporters, ignoring competitiveness and
tariffs