Large-scale manufacturing grows by 11.09 % in March 2026

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 6th May, 2026) The output of the Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) recorded a growth of 11.09 per cent during the month of March 2026 as compared to the same month of last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.

On a month-on-month basis, the LSMI production in March 2026 decreased by 5.19 per cent when compared with February 2026, according to the PBS data.

Overall, the large-scale manufacturing sector posted a growth of 6.48 per cent during the period July–March 2025-26 as compared to the corresponding period of last year.

The provisional quantum index of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) for March 2026, with the base year 2015-16, has been developed on the basis of the latest data supplied by the source agencies.

The main contributors towards overall growth of 6.

48% are food (1.79), Tobacco (0.18), Textile (0.13) Garments (1.08), Petroleum Products (0.79), Chemicals (-0.11), Pharmaceuticals (-0.31), Cement (0.50), Iron & Steel Products (-0.27), Electrical Equipment (0.30), Machinery and Equipment (-0.03), Automobiles (1.50), Other transport Equipment (0.24), and Furniture (0.26).

The production in July-March 2025-26 has posted growth in Food, Beverages, Tobacco, Textile, wearing apparel, Paper & board, Coke & Petroleum Products, Rubber Products, Non Metallic Mineral Products, Fabricated Metal, Computer, electronics and Optical Products, Electrical Equipment, Automobiles and Other Transport Equipment while it indicated decline in Leather Products, Paper & Board, Chemical Products, Pharmaceuticals, Iron & Steel Products and Machinery and Equipments.