The country’s food imports dropped by 9.85pc in the first 10 months of the current financial year, as compared to the imports recorded during the same period of FY2017-18.
Import of palm oil witnessed a sharp decrease of 10.99pc during July-April 2018-19.
Imports of pulses also fell to $432.54 million in the corresponding period of the current fiscal year, as against imports of $442.7 million in the same period of last year, a decrease of 2.3pc.
