ISLAMABAD
Food group exports reached $1.538 b during the first four months of the current financial year (2025-26), the Pakistan PBS reported. Food group exports showed a decline of 34.93 % from $2.365b during the same month of last year (Jul-Oct 2024-25). The food commodities that contributed to positive growth in trade included fish and fish preparations, the exports of which grew by 12.80%, from $116.114m to $130.976m. The other food commodities that contributed to positive growth included fruits, the exports of which increased by 11.78%, from $116.650m to $130.391m whereas the exports of meat and meat preparations rose by 6.29%, from $160.135m to $170.209m.
The food commodities that contributed to negative growth in trade included rice, the exports of which decreased by 46.40 percent, from $1084.192 million to $581.169 million. The exports of vegetables dipped by 41.08 percent, from $91.122 million to $53.693 million; tobacco by 28.53 percent from $65.473 million to $46.793 million, spices by 4.46 percent from $31.006 to $29.623 million, oil seeds, nuts, and kernals by 66.38 percent, from $209.423 million to $70.410 million.
The export of sugar dipped by 100 percent from $108.247 million to zero export during the months under review while the exports of all other food items decreased by 14.90 percent, from $382.749 million to $1325.702 million. Meanwhile, on a Year-on-Year (YoY) basis, the food group exports from the country witnessed a decrease of 42.51 percent during October 2025 as compared to the corresponding month of last year.
The food exports in October 2025 were recorded $430.260 million against the exports of $748.435 million in October 2024.On a Month-on-Month (MoM) basis, the food exports, however, increased by 28.59 percent in October 2025 when compared to the exports of $ 334.599 million in September 2025, according to PBS data.
