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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s food import bill grew by 53.93 per cent to $6.899 billion year-on-year during the 10 months of the current fiscal year (10MFY21) mainly due to sugar and wheat imports to bridge the shortfall in domestic production of agriculture produce. The rising food import bill also triggered trade deficit, which would cause some uneasiness on the external side for …

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