Pakistan, July 20 -- ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's food exports declined by nearly 4% in FY25, falling to $7.116 billion from $7.369 billion the previous year, ending a 20-month streak of growth. According to data from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, this dip was mainly driven by a sharp drop in rice shipments, which have historically formed a major part of the country's food export earnings.

Rice exports saw a significant decline of 14.72%, slipping from $3.931 billion to $3.353 billion. Although basmati rice volume increased by 4.48% to 808,643 tonnes, its value dropped by 5.3% to $830.57 million. Meanwhile, non-basmati rice saw a bigger hit, with its value dropping 17.42% and quantity reducing by 4.65% to 5.009 million tonnes.

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