As per the latest news surfacing from Pakistan, rice exports worth $314.388 mln which is 545,403 Metric Tons of rice has been exported in 2 months in Pakistan. The country recorded the rice exports in the current financial year at 545,403 metric tons, as against the exports of 616,744 metric tons of the same period of the last year. From July to August 2025, Pakistan, one of the largest exporter of rice in the world earned $314.388 million by exporting rice as compared to the earnings of $464.66 million of the corresponding period of the last year.
Rice Exports Registered a Negative Growth in Pakistan
One of the leading exporter of rice, Pakistan registered a negative figures in rice exports. Notably, the exports of rice were registered at 32.34 per cent during the period under review as compared to the exports of the same period of the last year, according to the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
Further apart from the export of non-basmati rice, Pakistan registered exports of 101,934 metric tons of Basmati rice worth $107.294 million during the period under review, as compared to the exports of 186,673 metric tons valued at $192.609 million of the same period of the last year. Whereas in the last two months of the current financial year, 443,469 metric tons of rice other than Basmati rice worth $207.094 million were exported as compared to the exports of 430,071 metric tons valued at $272.057 million of the same period of the last year.
Overall Food Group Exports Decreased During the Period Under Review
Apart from basmati export and other rice exports, The overall food group exports from Pakistan during the period under review also decreased by 23.46 per cent as compared to the exports of the same period of the last year. Food commodities worth $774.557 million were exported during the period under review as compared to the imports of $1.011 billion of the same period of the last year.
In what can be named as a failure for the nation, Pakistan dependency has increased on food imports. Reportedly food group imports into the country during the first two months of the current financial year grew by 36.73 per cent as compared to the exports of the corresponding period of the last year. Different food commodities worth $1.469 billion were imported during the period from July-August 2025 as against the imports of $1.074 billion of the same period of the last year.