Pulses import decreases 25.01 % in last 10 months

ISLAMABAD, Jun 1 (APP):The import of leguminous vegetables (pulses) into the country during last 10 months of the current financial year decreased by 25.01 percent as compared to the imports of the corresponding period of the last year.

During the period from July-April, 2025-26, over 1.159 million metric tons of pulses costing $6887.357 million were imported as compared to the imports of 1.324 metric tons valued at $917.891 million of the same period of the last year.

Meanwhile, the import of wheat into the country during the period under review recorded 100 decrease as against the import of the same period of the last year, according the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

The import of soyabean oil into the country decreased by 61.15 percent as compared to the imports of the same  period of the last year as about 97,521 metric tons of soyabean valued at $108.683 million was imported as compare to the import of 262,106 metric tons costing $279.768 million of the same period of the last year.

However, the imports of palm oil into the country during the period under review grew by 15.41percent and over 3.075 million tons of the palm oil worth of $3.313 billion were imported as compared to the imports of 2.751 million tons valued at $2.871 billion of the same period of the last year.

The food group imports into the country during the first 10 months of current financial year grew by 13.81 percent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of  the last year.  During the period from July-April, 2026, food commodities worth of $7.848 billion were imported as compared to the imports of $6.898 billion of the same period of the last year.

On the other hand the food commodities worth of $ 4.190 billion were exported during the first 10 months of current fiscal year as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of the last year. The food group exports from the country during the period under review registered negative growth of 32.2 percent as it was recorded at $ 6.164 billion during the first 10 months of last financial year.