Pakistan will not import more wheat this year following a bumper domestic harvest that has helped lift domestic stocks to comfortable levels, a senior Pakistani government official said. "We do not anticipate wheat imports this year," Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock joint secretary Nasir Khosa told Reuters on the sidelines of a buyers' conference in Ho Chi Minh City late on Tuesday.
He said the country's wheat output in 2005 was expected to rise by more than 11 percent to around 21.4 million tonnes from 19.2 million tonnes last year, thanks to favourable weather.