The country spent over 40 percent higher on import of insecticides during the last fiscal year 2013-14 to fight against diseases and pests to protect human lives and crops, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed. According to PBS, country's import of insecticides remained higher to 122.942 million dollars in the last fiscal year 2013-14 up by 35.352 million dollars from 87.590 million dollars in the corresponding fiscal year 2012-13.
In June 2014, the country's import of insecticides posted 0.064 million dollars (0.53 percent) growth to 12.126 million dollars from 12.062 million dollars in June 2013. In term of volume, insecticides import was up by 1,229 metric tons (56.09 percent) to 3,420 metric tons in June 2013 from 2,191 metric tons in June 2013, PBS mentioned.