ISLAMABAD: Fruit exports from the country surged by 34.32 percent during the first five months of the current fiscal year, as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
According to the latest data from Pakistan’s Bureau of Statistics (PBS), $148.342 million were received as foreign exchange during July-November in 2015-16 for the export of fruits.
The overall food exports from the country during the period witnessed negative growth of 23.15 percent, declining from $514.218 million last year to $395.188 million during the current fiscal year, it said. Meanwhile, the fruit exports, on a year-on-year basis, witnessed an increase of 80.51 percent in August, as compared to preceding period of last year. Fruit exports during August this year stood at $38.500 million, as compared to the exports of $21.327 million in August 2015.
