ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s meat and meat preparations, valuing 239.711 million US dollars, were exported during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared to the exports of the same period of last year.
During the period from July to December 2023, over 59,310 metric tons of meat and meat products worth 239.711 million dollars were exported as compared to the exports of 41,672 metric tons valued at 191.915 million US dollars in the corresponding period of last year.
The meat and meat products exports during the period under review grew by 24.90% as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year, according to the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Meanwhile, rice exports from Pakistan during the first two quarters of the current fiscal year also grew by 76.53% as 2.570 million metric tons of rice valued at 1.638 billion dollars were exported as compared to the exports of 1.732 million metric tons costing 927.918 million dollars in the corresponding period of last year.
On the other side, 2.252 million metric tons of rice of other verities valued at 1.270 million dollars were also exported during the first half of the current fiscal year as compared to the exported of 1.464 million metric tons worth 645.380 million dollars of the corresponding period of last year.
During the period under review, the food group exports from Pakistan grew by 49.84% as compared to the exports of the same period of last year as food commodities valued at 3.481 billion dollars were exported as against the exports of 2.323 billion dollars of the corresponding period of the last year.
Pakistan’s Food Imports
On the other side, the food group imports into Pakistan during the first two quarters of the current fiscal year dropped by 19.48% and recorded 3.957 billion dollars as compared to the imports of 4.914 billion dollars during the corresponding period of last year.
