Big industry grows by 4.82% in 1st half

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Feb, 2026) The output of the Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) witnessed an increase of 4.82 per cent during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year, the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported Tuesday.

The Quantum Index Numbers of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (QIM) for July-December (2025-26) was recorded at 117.70 points as compared to 112.28 points during July-December 2024-25.

On year-on-year basis, the industry grew by 0.44 percent in December 2025 as compared to December 2024 whereas on month-on-month basis, it increased by 9.26 percent when compared to November 2025.

The provisional quantum indices of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) for December, 2025 with base year 2015-16 have been developed on the basis of latest data supplied by the source agencies

The main contributors towards overall growth of 4.

82% are food (0.09), tobacco (0.13), textile (0.26) garments (1.25), paper & board (-0.08), petroleum products (0.98), chemicals (-0.16), pharmaceuticals (-0.33), cement (0.66), iron & steel products (-0.20), electrical equipment (0.22), machinery and equipment (-0.07), automobiles (1.57), other transport equipment (0.24), and furniture (-0.08).

The production in July-December 2025-26 as compared to July-December 2024-25 has increased 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 decreased in leather products, wood products, chemical products, pharmaceuticals, iron & steel products, machinery and equipment, and furniture.