ISLAMABAD: Food imports during the month of November registered a negative trend as they decreased by 34.65 per cent as compared to the previous month of the current financial year.
Data released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) showed that during the month of November food commodities including milk, cream and milk food for infants, unmilled wheat, tea and spices costing $252.09 million were imported as compared to $325.7 million of last month.
The import of unmilled wheat decreased by 100 per cent, while the import of dry fruit and nuts was down by 26.06 per cent during the month under review.
About 7,017 metric tons of dry fruits and nuts were imported during the month of November with a total cost of $4.9 million as against last month’s quantity of 7,792 metric tons.
The data revealed that the country imported about 6,351 metric tons of tea worth $17.5 million in the month of November as compared to last month’s total import of 5.474 metric tons registering an increase of 14.26 per cent.
The import of soybean oil decreased by 97.55 per cent as about 64 metric tons of the commodity amounting to $84,000 was imported in November 2009.—APP
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