ISLAMABAD  –  Rice exports from the country dur­ing the first two months of the cur­rent financial year were recorded at 545,403 metric tonnes, as against the exports of 616,744 metric tonnes of the same period of the last year.

During the period from July to August 2025, the country earned $314.388 million by exporting rice as compared to the earnings of $464.66 million of the corresponding period of the last year. The exports of rice registered negative growth of 32.34 percent dur­ing the period under review as com­pared to the exports of the same period of the last year, according to the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Meanwhile, 101,934 metric tonnes of Basmati rice worth $107.294 mil­lion were also exported during the pe­riod under review, as compared to the exports of 186,673 metric tonnes val­ued at $192.609 million of the same period of the last year. In the last two months of the current financial year, 443,469 metric tonnes of rice other than Basmati rice worth $207.094 million were exported as compared to the exports of 430,071 metric tonnes valued at $272.057 million of the same period of the last year.

The overall food group exports from the country during the period under review decreased by 23.46 per cent as compared to the exports of the same period of the last year. Food commodities worth $774.557 million were exported during the period un­der review as compare to the imports of $1.011 billion of the same period of the last year. On the other hand, food group imports into the country dur­ing the first two months of the current financial year grew by 36.73 percent as compared to the exports of the cor­responding period of the last year. Different food commodities worth $1.469 billion were imported during the period from July-August, 2025 as against the imports of $1.074 billion of the same period of the last year.

Published Date: September 21, 2025