Pakistan Fruits and Vegetables Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

Pakistan Fruits and Vegetables Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

The Pakistan fruits and vegetables market is expected to register a CAGR of 5.9% during the forecast period, 2021-2026.

As an impact of COVID-19, the Pakistan fruits and vegetables market suffered from a few challenges related to production, supply chain, and trade movement. Farmers got hard hit by the poor returns varying from one-third the usual or a complete loss. Pakistan, one of the leading countries to export a variety of its fruit produce worldwide, faced export challenges that hampered the usual trade movements due to repeated lockdowns and related trade restriction protocols worldwide.

According to FAO, fruit production amounted to 9.0 million ton in 2018. Mangoes accounted for the highest production of 2.3 million metric ton, followed by oranges with the production of 1.5 million metric ton. Similarly, vegetable production accounted for 5.4 million ton, where 40% of the production was only attributed to onions with 2.1 million ton, followed by tomatoes, carrots, and turnip. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Pakistan exported 768,200.0 metric ton of fruit worth USD 415.0 million in 2018. Different climates result in the availability of many vegetable varieties in the markets around the year. Around 35 kinds of vegetables are grown in numerous ecosystems in Pakistan from the dry zone to the wet zone, low elevation to high elevation, rain-fed to irrigated, and low input to high input systems such as plastic houses.

Key Market TrendsIncreasing Production of Fruits and Vegetables

In 2019, Pakistan had a total cropped area of 22.1 million hectares. Out of this, 65.8% was under food crops, 24.2% under cash crops, 6.7% under pulses, and 3.3% under edible oilseeds. Vegetables constitute an integral component of the cropping pattern but the increasing pressure on food and cash crops has limited the area under vegetables to about 0.62 million hectares, which is 3.1% of the total cropped area. Pakistan has a wide range of agro-climatic conditions, allowing the country to produce a wide variety of tropical and sub-tropical fruits and vegetables. Some of the major fruits and vegetables produced are mangoes, oranges, apples, onions, tomatoes, carrots, and watermelons, among others. Onions, carrots, and tomatoes together make up around 49% of the gross vegetable production in Pakistan. Out of the total production, the major contributing states for producing vegetables like potato, onion, and tomatoes are Punjab, Sindh, and Baluchistan. Other vegetables like mushrooms, garlic, and chilly are also produced on a larger scale for export purposes.

Vegetable Imports Lead the Market in Terms of Revenue

According to the International Trade Center, vegetable imports dominate the Pakistan market compared to fruit imports. Australia, Afghanistan, Russia, Canada, and Vietnam are the major exporters of vegetables to Pakistan. Vegetables like potatoes, tomatoes, onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, cabbage, cauliflower, kohlrabi, kale, lettuce, chicory, carrots, turnips, cucumbers, gherkins, and coconuts are majorly imported in Pakistan. The growing domestic demand for vegetables is driving the vegetable imports in the country.

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