By ESS news
Pakistan’s booming solar capacity expansion has made global headlines, but industry leaders are now calling for rapid deployment of energy storage to complement solar energy growth.
Imports of solar panels reached an estimated 17 GW in 2024, but although BESS imports have not reached comparable volumes, the segment is growing. Pakistan imported an estimated 1.25 GWh of lithium-ion battery packs in 2024, plus another 400 MWh in the first two months of 2025, according to IEEFA data.
This is despite battery energy storage facing a range of taxes and customs duties that together impose an effective tariff of 48% on imported BESS. In contrast, the Pakistani government did not propose a blanket sales tax of 18% on imported solar energy until June 2025 – well into the solar import boom. It was implemented at 10%.
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