COUNTRY PROFILE / PAKISTAN

Continent: Asia

Official name: Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Nature of regime: Parliamentary

Head of State: Dr. Arif ALVI, President of the Republic (since September 9, 2018)

Area: 796,095 km²

Currency: Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)

Population: 231,402,117 inhabitants

Capital: Islamabad

Main cities: Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, Denpasar, Samarinda

Official languages: Urdu, English

Agreements and Conventions

Cooperation between Cote d’Ivoire and Pakistan has resulted in the signing of cooperation agreements:

On November 22, 2016, the Ivorian News Agency (AIP) and Pakistan Press International (PPI), the news agency of Pakistan, sealed, on the sidelines of the 5th World Congress of News Agencies held in Baku, Azerbaijan, an agreement for the exchange of information (texts, photos, videos, infographics) that could be taken up by local media on Cote d’Ivoire and Pakistan as well as exchanges of professional experiences.

     A. Main exports of Cote d’Ivoire to Pakistan: coffee, cashew nuts, mass cotton, cashew kernel, processed wood, textiles and footwear.

     B. main imports from Pakistan to Cote d’Ivoire : petroleum products, plastics, iron, cast iron, steel and articles thereof, ceram, glass, stones, mechanical machinery and road transport equipment.

Source : DGE– DPPSE

Sources : DGE-DPCEI

• The value of bilateral trade reached 131.98 billion of CFAF in 2022 against 139.506 billion of CFAF in 2021;  
• Over the period 2018-2022, the average value of Ivorian exports is estimated at 53.112 billion of CFAF /year against 29.544 billion of CFAF /year for imports;
• Over the period 2018-2022, the trade balance is in surplus for Cote d’Ivoire with the exception of 2018 and 2019.
• petroleum products, plastics, iron, cast iron, steel and articles thereof, ceramic, glass, stone, mechanical machinery and road transport equipment.