Pulses import shrinks by 4 percent

Pakistan imported $311.768 million of pulses during July-Jan 2019-20, down by 4 percent, official figures say.

Fall in pulses import now stands at $12.625 million during July-Jan 2019-20, comparing to the commodity's import of $324.393 million during July-Jan 2018-19, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows.

In terms of volume, the country's pulses import however went up by 7.16 percent or 42,548 metric tonnes to 637,019 metric tonnes during July-Jan 2019-20 from 594,471 metric tonnes in July-Jan 2018-19.

Up by 81 percent or $29.528 million, pulses import surged to $66.095 million in Jan 2020 from $36.567 million in Jan 2019.

Pulses import quantity soared by 91.01 percent or 64,722 metric tonnes to 133,569 metric tonnes in Jan 2020 from 68,847 metric tonnes in Jan 2019.