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Vegetable ghee production increases 2.40%, oil decreases 9.37% in first quarter

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November 26, 2018: Domestic production of vegetable ghee witnessed 2.40 percent increase whereas cooking oil decreased by 9.37 percent during first three months of current financial year as compared the corresponding period of last year.

According the provisional data of Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) industries released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, about 343,959 metric tons of vegetable ghee were manufactured from July-September, 2018-19 as compared the manufacturing of 335,911 metric tons of the same period of last year.

On month on month basis, the manufacturing of above mentioned commodity had witnessed 3.08 percent growth in month of September, 2018 as about 113,512 metric tons vegetable ghee manufactured as compared 110,119 metric tons of same month of last year.

However, cooking oil production in the country reduced by 9.37 percent in first quarter of current financial year as it was recorded at 90,144 metric tons as compared the production of 99,467 metric tons of the same period of last year.

During the month of September, 2018 the edible oil production in the country was reduced by 3.47 percent as against the same month of last year as about 30,109 metric tons of the cooking oil manufactured as compared the 31,190 metric tons of the same period of last year.

According the data overall output of LSMI decreased by 1.71 percent for July-September 2018-19 compared to July-September, 2017-18.

However, the LSMI output increased by 1.83 percent for September, 2018 compared to September, 2017 and 1.32 percent as compared to August 2018.

The  production  in  Jul-September 2018-19 as  compared  to July-September 2017-18 has significantly decreased in food,  beverages, tobacco, coke, petroleum  products, pharmaceuticals, non-metallic mineral products and fertilizers while it has increased in electronics, paper, board.

(APP)

Posted on: 2018-11-26T15:48:00+05:00

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