Large Scale Manufacturing Rebounds in July, Grows 3% Year-on-Year

Pakistan's Sizeable Scale Manufacturing sector rebounded in July 2026, with the Substantial Scale Manufacturing Index rising 3.0 percent year over year and 9.5 percent month over month, according to data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Key points

• The index had reached 144.5 in March 2026 before falling to 131.7 in April, 128.9 in May and 108.8 in June.
• The LSM Index reached 119.13 in July, up from 115.62 in the same month last year and 108.78 in June 2026.
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In practice, the LSM Index reached 119.13 in July, up from 115.62 in the same month last year and 108.78 in June 2026. When LSM declined 3.5 percent year over year and 6.1 percent month over month, the monthly growth marked a sharp recovery from June.

Meanwhile, the July expansion was mainly driven by robust performance in automobiles. It rose 57.0 percent year over year. Wearing apparel rose 22.0 percent, tobacco rose 35.8 percent and other transport equipment grew 40.2 percent. Pakistan Climbs Five Places in Global Gender Gap Report 2026.

In practice, the overall growth was partly offset by declines in pharmaceuticals. It fell 20.8 percent, iron and steel products by 11.4 percent, food by 6.4 percent and chemicals by 6.2 percent.

Meanwhile, the monthly LSM trend demonstrates that the index recovered from 108.78 in June to 119.13 in July after declining for three consecutive months from March through June. The index had reached 144.5 in March 2026 before falling to 131.7 in April, 128.9 in May and 108.8 in June.

Although a number of major industrial segments continued to record year over year declines, the July figures indicate a broad improvement in sizeable scale manufacturing compared with the sharp contraction recorded in June. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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