Rice exports rise by 80.13pc to $3.28b in 10 months

 Rice exports from the country during the first 10 months of the current financial year grew by 80.13 per cent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of last year.

During the period from July-April, 2023-24, over 5.097 million metric tons of rice worth  $3.282 billion was exported as compared to the exports of 3.270 million metric tons valued at $1.822 million of the same period of last year, according to the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The exports of Basmati rice grew by 34.01 percent as 612,086 metric tons of Basmati rice worth $699.208 million was exported as compared to the exports of 486,998 metric tons valued at $521.751 million of the same period last year, it added.

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