Import of the pulses declined by 24 percent or $12.284 million to $37.406 million in October this year as compared to the commodity's import of $49.69 million in the same period last fiscal year, according to the official statistics. On a monthly basis, the country imported pulses of $26.579 million against the commodity's import in October this year, showing a rise of $40.74 percent or $10.827 million, the figures said.
During July-October period this year, the commodity's import went up to $147.871 million as compared to the pulses import of $142.214 million in the same period last fiscal year, depicting an increase of 4 percent or $5.657 million, the statistics said. In terms of volume, the country imported 237,807 tons of pulses in July-October period this year as compared to the commodity's import of 245,528 tons in the same period of the last fiscal year, showing a decline of 3.14 percent or 7,721 tons, according to the statistics.