The country's import of pulses grew to $324.396 million in July-Jan 20181-9, up by 3 percent, official figures say. Increase in pulses import now stands at $8.948 million in July-Jan 2018-19 from $315.448 million in July-Jan 2017-18, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics shows.

In term of quantity, Pakistan imported 563,035 metric tons in July-Jan 2018-19 that is greater by 38 percent or 154060 metric tons from 408,975 metric tons in July-Jan 2017-18. The country's import of pulses, however, slumped to $36.569 million in Jan 2019 from $45.545 million in Jan 2018, showing a fall of 20 percent or $8.976 million. The pulses import volume scaled down by 18 percent or 12175 metric tons to 56,356 metric tons in Jan 2019 from 68,531 metric tons in Jan 2018.

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