Islamabad
The tea imports witnessed an increase of 38.87 percent during the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year as compared to the same period of last year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported. The tea imports were recorded at $141.965 million during July-September (2020-21) as against imports of $102.230 million in July-September (2019-20), according to latest PBS data. In terms of quantity, the tea imports increased by 51.33 percent during the period under review by going up from the imports of 43,279 metric tons last year to 65,495 metric tons during current year. On year-on-year basis, the tea imports increased by 46.10 percent during September 2020 when compared to the imports of September 2019.—APP
