ISLAMABAD (Pro News): Pakistan Bureau of Statistics announced the increase in food imports by Pakistan due to the flood.
According to them, Pakistan has seen a 65.45 percent increase in food imports during the essential two months of the steady cash-related year.
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The flood destroyed all the crops in Pakistan.
As a result, Pakistan is facing a food crisis in most areas.
So there is a need to import food items from other countries.
The food import rate is increasing in Pakistan day by day.
The essential food imports consolidate the country’s food staples like wheat, palm oil, and soybean oil, as shown by the latest subtleties given by the working environment.
The nation has imported meals things worth 392.83 billion rupees (1.658 billion U.S. dollars) from July-August when meandered from 238.88 billion rupees during a comparative period last year.
Increase in wheat import
Pakistan had the biggest pinpoint in wheat imports.
It went up by 2,435 percent in the principal two months of the money-related year.
Pakistan has imported wheat value 68.49 billion rupees this year.
The wheat import account for July and August 2021 was 2.70 billion rupees.
Increase in palm oil import
In the meantime, the country imported palm oil valued at 157.79 billion rupees.
It is 68.67 percent more elevated than last year, while Pakistan imported soybean oil worth 9.48 billion rupees.
These imports drive it 255.36 percent higher than a year sooner.
Loss of Pakistan crops due to floods
The recent floods drenched around 33% of Pakistan by water.
The pandemic flood destroyed standing harvests of rice and pulses in more than many areas of spots known for ground.
Neighborhood farmers expected that there might be a food need one year from now.
The space of the wheat yield may get given up due to the reliable situation of cultivable grounds. (1 USD = 236.89 Pakistani rupees)
