--- title: "Pakistan reports rise in food exports and slower food imports in July-August" description: "Most outlets highlighted the 7.7% increase in food exports, particularly noting the 24.68% rise in rice shipments. They also mentioned the slower 2.23% growth in food imports, attributing it to higher purchases of tea and milk products. While Dawn added context about the specific raw food items driving the export growth, both outlets framed the report in largely similar terms." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/10113-pakistan-s-food-exports-rebound-7-7-in-july-august-as-rice site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan reports rise in food exports and slower food imports in July-August business · updated 23 Sep 2026, 8:30 AM PKT · 23 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets highlighted the 7.7% increase in food exports, particularly noting the 24.68% rise in rice shipments. They also mentioned the slower 2.23% growth in food imports, attributing it to higher purchases of tea and milk products. While Dawn added context about the specific raw food items driving the export growth, both outlets framed the report in largely similar terms. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Profit** — [Pakistan’s food exports rebound 7.7% in July-August as rice shipments surge](https://profit.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/23/pakistans-food-exports-rebound-77percent-in-july-august-as-rice-shipments-surge) · 23 Sep 2026, 8:30 AM PKT > Rice export value jumps 24.68% in 2MFY27 while food imports edge up 2.23% to $1.503 billion, driven by higher tea and milk product purchases - **Dawn** — [Exports rebound as imports slow](https://www.dawn.com/news/2031970/exports-rebound-as-imports-slow) · 23 Sep 2026, 7:29 AM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: Food imports grew a paltry 2.23 per cent in the first two months of 2026-27, driven mainly by higher purchases of powdered milk and tea. However, exports of raw food items rose 7.68 per cent in July-August FY27, reversing the negative trend seen in the preceding fiscal year, mainly due to higher exports of rice, according to data compiled by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. In abso... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Pakistan's food and rice exports show significant growth in recent quarter](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15204-pakistan-rice-exports-jump-nearly-150-in-sept-2026) · 19 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 85% related - [Pakistan rice exports hit record high in August 2023](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9825-pakistan-rice-exports-hit-record-high) · 21 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 82% related - [Pakistan Reports Growth in Goods and Services Exports in Recent Months](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11953-trade-deficit-worsens-again) · 6 Oct 2026 · 14 outlets · 3 developments · 80% related - [Pakistan's exports rise in July 2026 compared to previous year](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1948-pakistan-s-exports-jump-31-in-july-strongest-monthly-gains) · 5 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 77% related - [Food group exports increase by 25.32% in first quarter of FY2027](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15769-food-group-exports-post-25-32-increase-in-1q-of-fy2027) · 22 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 76% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 23 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.