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Singapore was the at third top country from where Pakistan imported products worth $3326.777 million against the imports of $4471.455 million last year, showing the negative growth of 25.59 percent, SBP data revealed.

The cost of petroleum products' imports dipped 15.95pc during the 12 months, whereas a 30.89pc decline was recorded in terms of the total quantity imported; bringing the total down to 10.4 million tonnes.

The country's purchases of imported meat jumped by nearly a third in the first two months of the year, with pork accounting for the bulk of the import volume, according to data from the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI).

The country imported 85,753 million barrels (MB) of crude oil last year, an increase of 10.4 percent.

I S L A M A B A D -- Pakistan imported tea worth $347.305 million during the first seven months of the current fiscal year, showing growth of 2.15 percent when compared to the imports of $339.992 million during the corresponding period of last year.

KARACHI -- Pakistan imported food worth $6.185 billion during FY18, weakening tenuous external account in the agriculture sector.

Pakistan imported palm oil worth $1888.321 million during July-May (2017-18) against the imports of $1746.104 million in July-May (2016-17), showing growth of 8.14 percent, according to the data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

More than 98.2% of goods imported from China in 2017 were industrial goods, of which 47.5% were capital goods, 36.04% were intermediate goods and 15.5% were consumer goods.

In petroleum products, the government had imported petroleum products worth $6.8 billion and spent $3.7 billion on petroleum crude.

Whenever there is depreciation of domestic currency the prices of the imported goods rise.

Tea imports surged by $40.49 million in November 2012, up from tea worth $21.26 million imported in the same period last year.

Electrical equipment worth SR99 billion topped the list of imported goods followed by automobiles and transportation machineries worth SR73 billion.

"We are extremely proud of our long-standing relationship and Tsingtao's position as the number-one imported Chinese beer in the U.S.

"A lot of the imported stretch film couldn't be sold," says Randolph Scott, v.p.