Pakistan: Grain and Feed Update

Pakistan is unlikely to import wheat during the current marketing year. MY2026/27 wheat planting has concluded with strong momentum, putting to rest concerns about a significant reduction in wheat planting area, as had been feared after this year's monsoon flooding and policy uncertainty. The government has announced its intent to buy 6.2 million tons of wheat from the farmers at the minimum support price of $312 per ton, reversing its two-year-old policy of not buying wheat from producers. The MY 2025/26 rice production estimate is unchanged at 9.4 million tons, while MY 2025/26 rice exports are projected at 4.8 million tons, about eight percent less than last year.