Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS) has revealed that fruit and vegetable exports for the 11-month period between July 2008-May 2009 increased by 6.55 per cent and 26.6 per cent respectively, compared with the corresponding period of 2007/08.
Fruit exports increased in both volume and value terms, up to 435,198 tonnes in 2008/09 from 384,384 tonnes, with value increasing to US$143m from US$134m last year, according to the FBS.
Meanwhile, vegetable exports totalled 343,198 tonnes through the July 2008-May 2009 period at a value of US$67m, up from the 211,458 tonnes sold at US$53m during the previous campaign.
Additionally, the country's pulse exports jumped 82.9 per cent through the 11-month period, with 3,807 tonnes shipped at a value of US$3.4bn.
