Pakistan rice exports up by 30% to $1.58 bln in 10 months.

Pakistan has come out of the crisis of low exports, which was observed during the last three years, as the rice exports have increased by around 30% to $1.58 billion during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (2017-18) as exporters pushed fresh cargoes to Indonesia, Kenya and other markets. Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan chairman Samee Ullah Ch said that value of rice export trade has been showing improvement due to the coordination of REAP members with the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan and customs. Our members are putting in untiring efforts, and aggressive marketing to increase rice exports and to earn valuable foreign exchange. Rice exporters are making investments to install modern rice processing machinery and using value-addition technology.