No more sugar exports; cane crushing to start from 21st

The Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) has turned down the request for additional exports and warned that the export permits of mills that do not pay farmers’ dues would be revoked. The decision was made during a board meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Industries and Produc­tion Rana Tanveer Hussain. The meeting was attended by Comme­rce Minister Jam Kamal Khan and representatives from the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA). The board was informed that the sugarcane production for 2024-25 would be 85.46 million tonnes. It was decided that cane crushing would begin on Nov 21, and action would be taken against mills that fail to start crushing by this date. The PSMA will provide the cane cru­­shing schedule and the list of mills that do not comply with the directions for timely starting operations.