Imports of agricultural and other chemicals into the country during the first months of the current financial year decreased by 10.78 per cent as compared to the imports of the corresponding month of last year.
During the month of July 2023, agricultural and other chemicals costing $718.801 million were imported as compared to the imports of $805.634 million in the same month of the previous year, according to the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
In the first month of the current financial year, 2,987 metric tons of insecticides valued at $17.789 million were imported as compared to the imports of 3,114 metric tons worth of $24.064 million in the same month last year.—APP
