KARACHI: The imports of leguminous vegetables (pulses) into the country during last 10 months of current financial year grew by 33.47 percent as compared to the imports of the corresponding period of the last year.
During the period from July-April, 2024-25, over 1.320 million tons of pulses valued at $917.890 million were imported as compared to the imports of 1.050 million worth of $687.738 million of the same period of the last year, according the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Over 143,484 metric tons of pluses valued at $94.262 million were imported during the month of April, 2025 in order to fulfill the local requirements of leguminous vegetables as compared to the imports of 78, 064 metric tons worth of $50.479 million of the same month of the last year, it added.
On year on year basis, the imports of pulses during the month of April, 2025 grew by 88.46 percent as compared to the imports of the same month of the last year, the data reveled.
Overall food group exports from the country during the last 10 months of the current financial year decreased by 1.04 per cent, whereas food imports grew by 0.56 per cent as compared to the imports and exports of the corresponding period of the last year.
During the period from July-April, 2024-25, the food commodities valued at $6.164 billion were exported as compared to the exports of $6.229 billion of the same period of the last year, according to the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Meanwhile, food commodities worth of $6.855 billion were imported during 10 months of the current financial year as compared to the imports of $6.817 billion of the same period of the last year, it added.
