Islamabad
The exports of tobacco from the country witnessed an increase of 9.27 percent during the first four months of financial year 2020-21, against the exports of the corresponding period of last year.
The tobacco exports from the country were recorded at $8.376 million during July-October (2020-21) against the exports of $7.634 million during July-October (2019-20), according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. In terms of quantity, the exports of tobacco however witnessed decrease of 2.27 percent by going down from 2,949 metric tons to 2,882 metric tons, according to the data.
Meanwhile, on year-to-year basis, the exports of tobacco declined by 21.87 percent during the month of Oct 2020 when compared to the same month of last year. On month-on-month basis, the exports of tobacco witnessed increase of 52.75 percent.—APP
