Pulses import bill surges 13 percent

The country's pulses import bill surged by 13 percent to $1.905 billion during the last fiscal year 2017, official figures say. Thus, pulses import bill grows by $215.702 million in the last fiscal year from $1.689 billion in fiscal year 2016, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows. In term of quantity, pulses import however declined to 2,628,253 metric tons last fiscal year from 2,719,179 metric tons in fiscal year 2016, depicting a fall of 3.34 percent or 90,926 metric tons.
Pulses import in June 2017 slumped by 26.38 percent or $17.665 million to $49.308 million from $66.973 million in June 2016. Import volume of pulses also scaled back by 27 percent or 22,931 metric tons to 62,241 metric tons in June 2017 from 85,172 metric tons in June 2016.