Pakistan exported rice worth $3.203 bln in FY 2024-25
Pakistan exported 5.544 million metric tons of rice worth \$3.203 billion during July–May FY2024-25, marking an 11.71% decline from last year. While overall rice exports fell, Basmati rice exports rose slightly by 1.03% to \$781.93 million. Non-Basmati rice exports dropped to \$2.441 billion. Total food exports stood at \$6.748 billion, slightly lower than last year.
Pakistan exported over 5.544 million metric tons of rice valued at $3.203 billion during the 11 months of FY2024-25, as compared to the exports of 5.5.593 million metric tons worth of $3.628 billion of the corresponding period of the last year.
During the period from July-May, 2024-25, the rice exports decreased by 11.71 per cent as compared to the exports of the same period of the last year, according to the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
However, the exports of Basmati Rice grew by 1.03 per cent as 761,702 metric tons of the above-mentioned commodity, worth $781.934 million, were exported as compared to the exports of 679.100 metric tons valued at $773.984 million in the same period of the last year.
In the last 11 months of the current financial year, the country earned $2.441 billion by exporting about 4.783 million tons of rice, other than the Basmati rice, as compared to the exports of $2.854 billion last year.
It is worth mentioning here that food commodities valued at $6.748 billion were exported from the country during the last 11 months of the current financial year as against the exports of $6.825 billion of the same period of the last year.
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Source : Ukr Agro Consult
