Pakistan’s Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan has admitted in the National Assembly that India’s increasing agricultural exports, such as rice and onions, have affected Pakistan’s exports.
Agricultural exports accounted for 22 % of country’s total exports
The Pakistani minister stated that agricultural exports accounted for around 22 per cent of the country’s total exports in FY 2024-25. However, the sector witnessed a 3.4 per cent drop compared to the last fiscal year, driven by a decline in international prices following India’s significant export restrictions. The minister mentioned the re-entry of Indian agri products into the global market has led to oversupply and price depression, explicitly withering Pakistan’s competitiveness in significant commodities like rice and onion- two of its biggest farm exports earners.
Pakistan’s exports figures are at $32.04 billion in FY2024-25, an increase slightly from $30.68 billion a year earlier-but the government admitted that the agri-sector weakness balance gains in textiles and IT services. The minister’s response underscore severe stress points in agriculture exports such as regional insecurity impacting transit through Iran, Afghanistan and gulf routes.
To control domestic inflation, New Delhi banned shipments of several grades of rice in phases between 2022 and 2023. But in March 2025, it lifted the prohibition on 100 percent on 100 per cent broken white rice, freeing up supplies and permitting exporters to reclaim lost market share.
Furthermore, Trade watchers in Pakistan fear India’s policy reversal will boost competition in other staples too, with exporters from Vietnam and Myanmar also lowering prices to stay competitive. Experts find that Pakistan’s dependence on a few farm commodities makes it particularly vulnerable when India, the world’s top rice exporter, continues full scale trade.
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