Pakistan, July 28 -- The tea imports into the country witnessed decline of 6.81 percent during the fiscal year 2019-20 as against the same period of last fiscal year, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) reported.

The tea imports into the country were recorded at $532.776 million during FY 2019-20 as against imports of $571.690 million in FY 2018-19, according to latest PBS data.

In terms of quantity, the tea imports witnessed decline of 0.63 percent during the period under review by going down from the imports of 222,732 metric tons last year to 221,319 metric tons during the FY 2020.

The imports of overall food commodities during the period under review declined by 4.31 percent as these contracted from $5668.013 million last year to $54...