ISLAMABAD: Food exports have increased by 17.58 percent during the first half of current fiscal year as against the same period of last year.
The overall food exports during July-December 2011-12 were recorded at $1.888 billion against $1.605 billion during July-December 2010-11, according to data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The products that contributed positively from food group included wheat, whose exports increased by 100 percent during the period with $94.274 million against nil last year.
Similarly, the exports of leguminous vegetables (pulses) increased by 100 percent from nil last fiscal year to $11.513 million during the first half of 2011-12, the date revealed.
Other commodities, whose exports witnessed positive growth, included fish and fish preparations from $131.941 million last year to $153.682 million during the current year showing an increase of 16.48 percent.
During the period under review, the exports of fruits increased by 8.94 percent from $132.839 million to $144.714 million while those of tobacco increased from $6.988 million last year to $11.513 million, showing an increase of 64.75 percent. app
