Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the import of pesticides in Pakistan since February 1980, when import and sale of pesticide was shifted to private sector and subsidy on ground spraying was withdrawn. Various pesticide registration schemes of import have been discussed and number of pesticides registered in each scheme has been reported. The pros and cons of registration schemes have been discussed. An appropriate regression model satisfying basic assumptions has been developed for the import and consumption of pesticides. Using the model estimates, it was concluded that the growth rate of pesticide import was computed to be 35% in 1981 taking 1980 as base year, 30% in 1982 taking 1981 as base year; and for subsequent years, the growth rate of pesticide import has lowered and has reached at 8% in 1999 taking corresponding preceding year as base year. The same growth rate has been calculated till 2002. The agricultural growth rate has been recorded lower than that of pesticide import excepting 1995-96, when highest agricultural growth rate of the decade was recorded to be 11.7% and with pesticide import growth rate of 10%. This indicates that the trend of using pesticide for pest control is higher when compared to agricultural growth trend.