During the first quarter of the current financial year, fruit exports from Pakistan increased by 61.43 percent, where as vegetable exports decreased by 41.70 percent as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
About 115,367 metric tons of fresh fruit worth US$ 91.713 million was exported during the period from July-September, 2016 as compared to 74,018 million tons worth US$ 56.813 million during the same period of last year, according the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
However, vegetable exports reduced by 41.70 percent, as about 97,434 metric tons of vegetables, worth US$ 26.648 million, were exported in first quarter as compared to 166,540 metric tons, valuing US$ 45.712 million, in the first three months of last year.
Source: brecorder.com
