Pakistan imported petroleum products worth $782.28 million on a deferred payment basis under the Saudi oil facility during the first eight months of the current fiscal year 2022-23 against the budgeted estimates of $800 million for the entire fiscal year.
Official documents revealed that the country imported petroleum products worth $92.17 million on a deferred payment basis under the Saudi oil facility in February 2023.
Saudi Arabia also provided petroleum products worth $100 million each during March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, and December 2022. In January Pakistan received oil products worth $90.11 million on deferred payment.
The financing agreement worth $1.2 billion for the import of petroleum products was signed in November 2021 between the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) and Pakistan’s Economic Affairs Division (EAD).
Under this facility, the Pak-Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO) and the National Refinery Limited (NRL) will import petroleum products up to $100 million per month from Saudi Arabia.
According to the official documents, the terms of the financing include the price of purchase by the SFD and a margin of 3.80 percent per annum.
