Published on, Aug. 28 -- August 28, 2025 6:12 AM

In order to fulfill the local requirements of vegetable ghee and cooking oil, over 29,150 metric tons of soya bean oil valued at $31.840 million were imported during the first month of the current financial year (2025-26), as compared to the corresponding period of the last year.

During the month of July 2025, soya bean imports into the country grew by 3,033 .64 percent as the import of the commodity mentioned above stood at 1,000 metric tons worth of $1.016 million in the same month of the last year, according to the data of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.

Meanwhile, 286,836 metric tons of palm oil costing $302.149 million were also imported to tackle the local requirements as compar...