Food import grew by 13,81 percent , reaches $7.848 bln in 10 months

ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th May, 2026) 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.

According the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the commodities, which recorded increase in their respective imports including milk, cream and food for infants grew by 6.92 percent as it was recorded at $121.625 million as against the imports of $113.755 million.

The imports of dry fruit and nuts into the country increased by 10.94 percent and it reached to $145.725 million as compared to the imports of $131.360 million of the same period of the last year.

The tea imports during the 10 months of the current financial year increased by 5.13 percent as tea worth $554.889 million were imported as compare to the imports of $527.

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800 million of the same period of the last year.

Meanwhile, the imports of palm oil into the country during the period under review grew by 15.41 percent as palm oil valued at $3.313 billion were imported as compared to the imports of $2.871 billion of the same period of the last year.

The food commodities that recorded negative growth in their respective imports in 10 months of the current financial year are soyabean oil 61.15 percent and it was stood at $108.683 million as compared to the imports of 279.768 million of the same period of the last year. The import of wheat witnessed 100 percent decreased.

It is worth mentioning here that 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 decreased by 32.2 percent as it was recorded at $ 6.164 billion during the first 10 months of last financial year.