Pakistan’s Food group exports from the country during the first four months of the current financial year grew by 30.29 per cent. During the period from July-October, 2023 food commodities valuing $ 1.944 billion were exported.
Exporting commodities including rice grew by 30.12 per cent, fruits by 13.53 per cent, pulses by 80.08 per cent, spices by 24.56 per cent, sugar by 100 per cent, meat and meat preparations grew by 18.77 per cent respectively.
In four months over 1.054 million tons of rice valued at $710.788 million were exported. The country also earned $108.995 million by exporting about 216,238 metric tons of fresh fruits during the period.
On the other hand, the food group imports into the country went down by 23.25 per cent as food commodities worth $2.633 billion were imported in the last four months.
During from July to October the commodities which recorded negative growth in their imports including milk, cream and food for infants at 19.20 per cent, wheat un-milled at 63.82 per cent, spices at 3.73 per cent, soya bean oil at 33.08 per cent, palm oil at 31.45 per cent.
Meanwhile, the exports of fish and fish products decreased by 7.96 per cent, vegetables by 37.89 per cent and tobacco by 20.97 per cent respectively.
