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There are no significant changes to the 2024/25 wheat production, supply and demand outlook. Due to slight reductions in both area and yield, the 2024/25 rice production estimate is revised down to 9.5 million tons.

This report outlines Pakistan’s requirements for import permits and export certificates for various food products for human and animal consumption. It also provides a list of the Pakistani government agencies involved in the entry of imported food products.

This report outlines regulatory requirements and import procedures for food and agricultural imports into Pakistan. Compared to the last report submitted in December 2023, this report contains additions to the Food Laws and Nutritional Labelling...

In October 2024, the National Biosafety Committee (NBC) authorized imports of genetically engineered (GE) soybeans for food, feed, and processing. GE soybean imports are expected to resume in 2025, boosting prospects that the 1.5-million-ton import forecast for 2024/25 will be achieved.

Pakistan is a small but growing market for imported consumer food products and the small modern retail sector is growing slowly.

This report outlines regulatory requirements and import procedures for food and agricultural imports into Pakistan.

Pakistani cotton is currently among lowest-priced cotton in the world.

The Government of Pakistan has increased the tariff on sugar imports from zero to 20 percent and authorized an export quota of 500,000 metric tons.

The Government of Pakistan has increased the tariff on wheat imports from zero to twenty percent.

Pakistan recently purchased 40,000 metric tons of U.S. soybean meal.

The bill amending Pakistan’s 1976 Seed Act has cleared the first step of the legislative process.

The soon-to-be-harvested sugarcane crop was largely unaffected by recent flooding.