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Rice exports to China surge 63% in Q3

Pakistan exported semi- or wholly-milled rice worth $34.30 million. APP BEIJING: Pakistan’s rice exports to China reached $45.27 million in the third quarter of 2025, up 63% year-on-year from $27.85 million in the same period of last year, according to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs of China. During this period, Pakistan […]

Pakistan’s Rice Exports To China Surge 63% In Q3 2025

Sumaira FH BEIJING, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 23rd Oct, 2025) Pakistan’s rice exports to China reached $45.27 million in the third quarter of 2025, up 63% year-on-year from $27.85 million in the same period last year, according to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC). During […]

REAP protests exclusion from NAFSA board despite PM’s order

Rizwan Bhatti KARACHI: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has voiced strong concern over its exclusion from the recently constituted National Agritrade Food Safety Authority (NAFSA) board, despite clear directions from the Prime Minister for its inclusion. REAP said the government’s failure to induct its representative on the NAFSA Board violates the spirit of […]

Rice exporters demand representation in NAFSA Board

LAHORE – Rice Exporters Associa­tion of Pakistan (REAP) Chairman Malik Faisal Ja­hangir Saturday demand­ed representation in the National Agri-Trade Food Safety Authority (NAFSA) Board. In a media state­ment here, Jahangir said that the establishment of NAFSA has recently been approved through an Act on the directions of the Prime Minister, which aims to ensure that […]

The Paddy Price Trap: Why Sindh’s Farmers Lose In A Market Without Rules

While Pakistan earns $3.2 billion from rice exports, the farmers who grow it receive barely half the price they did a few seasons ago, leading to widespread anger. Iftikhar Talpur October marks the start of Sindh’s paddy-harvesting season, from the lush lowlands of lower Sindh to the upper reaches of the province. Yet what should […]

Sluggish textile sector, rice exports plunge: Q1 trade deficit balloons to USD9.4bn

Hamza Habib ISLAMABAD: Sluggish performance of the textile sector and a sharp decline in the rice exports are seen as factors mainly responsible for ballooning the trade deficit to USD 9.4 billion in the first quarter of 2025-26. According to detailed external trade figures issued by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, the exports in the […]

Pakistan’s rice growers complain of ‘unjustified deductions’ by millers

Source: Asia News Network Paddy harvesting started only last month in the lower Sindh region, and farmers — mostly small landholders — are already complaining about “unjustified deductions” by rice millers. While the Lower Sindh region has been growing restless for quite some time, the Sindh agriculture department has not yet offered any relief via […]

Another day, another crop in distress

Mohammad Hussain Khan Paddy harvesting started only last month in the lower Sindh region, and farmers mostly small landholders are already complaining about “unjustified deductions” by rice millers. While the Lower Sindh region has been growing restless for quite some time, the Sindh agriculture department has not yet offered any relief via enforcing or ensuring […]

Incentivising cooperative farming

Jawaid Bokhari While the issue of corporate farming is hit by unending controversy for various reasons, policymakers plan to offer innovative ways to develop cooperative farming for increasing productivity and earnings of small and medium sized farms. Federal Minister for Food Security and Research Rana Tanveer Hussain says small and medium farmers, who make up […]