Pakistan is facing tremendous shortage of
edible oils. The domestic edible oil production doest
meet the need of the country. The total availability of
edible oils was 2.381 million tons in 2007-08. Local
production stood at 0.833 million tons, which accounted for
30.4 percent of the total availability while the remaining
69.6 percent was made available through imports at the cost
of Rs. 71.882 billion. In this way, edible oil stood at the
top in the import of food group and on number...