Data produced by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows that the value of raw food exports increased to $1.01 billion in July and August from $710.65 million in the corresponding months of the previous year.
Exports of raw foods reached $8 billion in FY24, up from $5.8 billion the year before.
Due to supply and demand imbalances, food prices have increased for consumers nationally. The past 13 months have seen an increase in raw food exports despite the highest level of food inflation ever recorded.
Despite the average selling price of Rs160 per kg, the government has permitted the export of sugar.
Sugar exports in the first two months totaled 86,148 tonnes, up 160.26 percent from 6,146 tonnes in the same period the previous year.
