Phamaceutical and chicken companies have topped the list of foreign exchange (forex) users who obtained mo­ney from the Exim­Bank over the last five years.

Between 2020 and June 30, 2025, the companies were allocated funds under the special forex window of the Exim­Bank’s Forex Allo­cation System (FAS), which was created in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic for essential imports.

The figures are contained in a bundle of documents which also details total forex sold to the manufacturing sector from 2018 to June 30, 2025.