Jute imports fall by $1.7 million in July-January

Pakistan's import of jute declined by over six percent to $25.756 million during July-January 2013-14, official statistics say. Jute import fell by $1.748 million from $27.504 million during the same period last fiscal year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) said. In term of volume: jute import reduced by six percent to 50,025 metric tons in July-January 2013-14 from 53,214 metric tons in the same period last fiscal year, the PBS suggests.
In January 2014, jute import, however, posted an increase of $0.662 million (18 percent) to $4.422 million as compared to $3.760 million in January 2013, according to the statistics. In terms of quantity jute import went up by 1257 metric tons (17 percent) to 8,711 metric tons in January 2014 from 7,454 metric tons in January 2013, the figures depict.