ISLAMABAD: Domestic production of vegetable ghee during first two-quarters of current financial year increased by 2.31 percent, where as cooking oil production decreased by 10.54 percent as compared to the corresponding period of last year. During the period from July-December, 2016-17, as many as 633,239 tons of vegetable ghee were locally manufactured as against the production of 618,913 tons of same period last year.
According to the computation of quantum index number (QIN) of large scale manufacturing industries of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, during the month of December, 2016, 112,616 tons were manufactured as compared the 104,711 tons of same month of last year. However, during domestic production of cooking oil decreased by 0.54 percent and it was recorded at 189,805 tons as against 190,929 tons produced in same period last year. As many as 33,210 tons of cooking oil were manufactured locally in month of December, 2016, as compared to the 29,912 tons produced in same month of last year.
