Pakistan's import of pulses surged to $902.106 million in July-May 2016-17, higher by 71 percent, official statistics indicate. Increase in the pulses import now stands at $373.938 million in July-May 2016-17 from $528.168 million in July-May 2015-16, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics says. Pulses import volume also mounted by 44.35 percent or 360, 772 metric tons to 1,174,215 metric tons in July-May 2016-17 from 813,443 metric tons in July-May 2015-16.

The country imported $67.654 million of pulses in May 2017 as compared to the commodity import of $43.108 million in May 2016, showing an increase of 57 percent or $24.546 million. In term of quantity, pulses import soared to 88,575 metric tons in May 2017 from 61,272 metric tons in May 2016, depicting a rise of 45 percent or 27, 303 metric tons.

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