About 24,393 metric tons of fresh fruits worth US$ 19.483 million was exported during the first month of current financial year as compared the exports of the corresponding period of last year.
According the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, during the month of July, 2017, about 32,702 metric tons of vegetables, valued at US$ 10.330 million, were exported.
During the period under review fruit exports decreased by 16.10 percent, whereas vegetables exports increased by 26.80 percent respectively, it added.
Food group exports witnessed a 34.74 percent growth in the first month of the current financial year and stood at US$ 250.860 million as compared the same month of last year.
Source: brecorder.com
