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Govt mulling importing sugar as prices soar

ISLAMABAD: Following the local refined sugar prices touching Rs8,400 per 50-kg from Rs6,100 per 50-kg bag within the...

Published 13 Mar, 2025 06:40am

Re-export of refined sugar: PM forms IMC to examine regional models for raw sugar import

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed an Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) to examine regional models...

Updated 12 Mar, 2025 08:59am

Pakistan

Govt decides to import raw sugar

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Monday decided to import raw sugar (Shakkar) to stabilize sugar prices in the...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 05:35am

BD keen to import sugar on G2G basis

KARACHI: Bangladesh has expressed interest in importing up to 15,000 metric tons sugar from Pakistan on a...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 08:57am

Sugar import: Cut in tax rates amongst reasons behind huge income tax exemptions cost

ISLAMABAD: The reduction in tax rates including withholding tax on the import of sugar is one of the reasons for...

Updated 12 Jun, 2023 08:43am

Timely import of commodities: Senate panel seeks amendments to PPRA rules

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Commerce has recommended the government to amend PPRA Rules to allow import...

Updated 18 Nov, 2022 09:27am

Markets

France sees less wheat, sugar beet sowing but more barley, rapeseed

PARIS: Farmers in France, the European Union’s biggest crop producer, are expected to cut back on wheat and sugar...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

Pakistan

Punjab govt to provide imported sugar at Rs90/kg

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to provide imported sugar at retail shops at Rs 90 per kg through dealers...

Published 10 Oct, 2021 04:26am

Editorials

The food inflation spectre

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin's recent revelation that the government would intervene in the market to...

Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:34am

MoC expects over 27pc exports growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce is expecting exports of $ 7 billion during the first quarter (July-September)...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:03am

Markets

Raw sugar recovers after hitting near two-month low

December New York cocoa rose 0.2% to $2,551 a tonne
December arabica coffee rose 1.3% to $1.9885 per lb
October raw sugar, which expires on Thursday

Updated 28 Sep, 2021 09:03pm

Revised Kamyab Pakistan Programme approved: Sugar import, PSM salaries okayed by ECC

The Economic Coordination Committee has approved revised KPP with considerable cut in loan size for the current fiscal year ahead of the 6th review of the IMF programme

Updated 24 Sep, 2021 09:52am

Markets

Robusta coffee climbs to four-year high, sugar slips

LONDON: Robusta coffee futures on ICE set a four-year high on Monday as the bean remained good value versus its...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

Markets

Raw sugar prices rise as commodity markets climb

December New York cocoa rose by 0.7% to $2,674 a tonne
December arabica coffee rose by 0.75% to $1.8685 per lb
October raw sugar was up 1.3% at 19.20 cents per lb

Published 15 Sep, 2021 04:48pm

Markets

London cocoa hits fresh six-month high

October white sugar edged up 0.1% to $485.70 a tonne
November robusta coffee rose 0.3% to $2,065 a tonne, having set a four-year high of $2,092 last week

Published 06 Sep, 2021 05:55pm

Markets

Raw sugar prices rise as supplies tighten; cocoa also up

November robusta coffee was unchanged at $2,066 a tonne
October raw sugar rose by 0.4% to 19.74 cents per lb
December New York cocoa rose by 1.6% to $2,579 a tonne

Published 02 Sep, 2021 06:06pm

No sugar import as per ECC decisions: Body formed to fix responsibility

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has constituted an inter-ministerial committee to fix responsibility for...

Published 31 Aug, 2021 04:50am

Ministries told to expedite import of wheat, sugar

Underlying rationale is to stabilise the prices of items of daily use

Updated 17 Aug, 2021 10:22am

Sugar imported by TCP: second vessel arrives

KARACHI: Second vessel of sugar imported by the Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has reached Pakistan for...

Published 07 Aug, 2021 02:51am

Markets

Raw sugar sets 5-1/2 month peak, Brazil crop outlook dims

December New York cocoa fell by $1, or 0.04%, to $2,456 a tonne
September arabica coffee fell by 2.4 cents, or 1.4%, to $1.7450 per lb
October raw sugar rose by 0.14 cents, or 0.75%, to 18.76 cents per lb

Updated 06 Aug, 2021 07:46pm

Govt decides to import more sugar

Will import 0.6 million metric tons instead of the previous target of 0.5 million tons through TCP as strategic reserves

Updated 03 Aug, 2021 09:48am

BR Research

TCP sugar import: money well-spent?

Hardly a week goes by when market prices of refined sugar are not a matter of debate in routine meetings of federal...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 07:25am

ECC likely to allow import of 100,000 MT of sugar

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet is likely to allow import of 100,000 metric tons...

Published 28 Jul, 2021 04:20am

Sugar import allowed by ECC

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet, on Friday, approved sugar import ...

Updated 17 Jul, 2021 10:06am

Imported sugar to get costlier on surge in global prices

Meeting of the ECC informed that imported sugar would cost approximately Rs104 per kg against the current retail market price of Rs98 per kg

Updated 10 Jul, 2021 11:16am

GST assessment: FBR withdraws fixation of sugar price at Rs60/kg

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has withdrawn the fixation of the domestic price of sugar at Rs60 per...

Published 09 Jul, 2021 02:31am

BR Research

Early crushing: hard choices?

After receiving flak from farmer lobbies, the Punjab government has reinstated several amendments to The Sugar...

Published 01 Jul, 2021 07:35am

Markets

TCP said to pass in 50,000 tonnes white sugar tender

Current sugar import needs may be reassessed, traders said.
The lowest price offered in the tender on Wednesday was $533.90 tonne c&f with four companies participating.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 07:43pm

Markets

Arabica coffee hits 4-1/2 year high as supplies shrink

July arabica coffee was flat at $1.5570 per lb.
July raw sugar rose 2.2% to 17.14 cents per lb, having hit a one-month low of 16.54 cents on Monday.

Published 27 May, 2021 08:36pm

Markets

Arabica coffee hits new four-year high

July arabica coffee rose 2.3% to $1.5385 per lb
July raw sugar fell 1.5% to 16.78 cents per lb, having hit a one-month low of 16.54 cents on Monday.

Published 26 May, 2021 08:24pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 12	281.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 12	281.43
USD to Japanese Yen / May 12	145.91
USD to Swiss Franc / May 12	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / May 12	1.33
Euro to USD / May 12	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 9	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 9	5,659.91
Nasdaq / May 9	17,928.92
Dow Jones / May 9	41,249.38
India Sensex / May 12	81,746.51
Tokyo Nikkei / May 12	37,643.20
Hang Seng / May 12	23,174.79
FTSE 100 / May 12	8,559.54
Germany DAX 30 / May 12	23,721.61
France CAC40 / May 12	7,802.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 9	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 9	300,840
Petrol/Litre / May 12	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 12	61.81
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 12	3,279.94
Diesel/Litre / May 12	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 12	67.45

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Farooque Sp. / May 12 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	2.97 ▲ 0.6 (25.32%)
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.99 ▲ 1 (25.06%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / May 12 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	2.50 ▲ 0.45 (21.95%)
Media Times Ltd / May 12 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	1.84 ▲ 0.33 (21.85%)
Cresent Jute / May 12 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	3.16 ▲ 0.56 (21.54%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / May 12 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	5.35 ▲ 0.93 (21.04%)
Cres.Star Ins. / May 12 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	2.73 ▲ 0.47 (20.8%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / May 12 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	5.88 ▲ 1 (20.49%)
TPL Corp Ltd / May 12 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	4.49 ▲ 0.68 (17.85%)
Chenab Ltd / May 12 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	5.89 ▲ 0.88 (17.56%)

Stock	Price
Suraj Cotton / May 12 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	112 ▼ -11.14 (-9.05%)
F.Credit & Inv / May 12 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.02 ▼ -0.69 (-8.95%)
National Silk / May 12 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	38.55 ▼ -3.5 (-8.32%)
Quetta Textile / May 12 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	10.31 ▼ -0.75 (-6.78%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / May 12 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	17.21 ▼ -1.23 (-6.67%)
Khairpur Sug. / May 12 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	113.26 ▼ -6.74 (-5.62%)
Ali Asghar / May 12 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	42.49 ▼ -2.38 (-5.3%)
Sindh Modaraba / May 12 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	10.85 ▼ -0.46 (-4.07%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / May 12 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	308 ▼ -13.01 (-4.05%)
Idrees Tex. / May 12 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	16.51 ▼ -0.55 (-3.22%)

Stock	Volume
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 12 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	61,941,438 ▲ 1.2
K-Electric Ltd. / May 12 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	60,041,038 ▲ 0.47
WorldCall Telecom / May 12 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	54,466,514 ▲ 0.14
Power Cement / May 12 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	32,288,283 ▲ 1.17
Cnergyico PK / May 12 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,352,058 ▲ 1
B.O.Punjab / May 12 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	25,737,006 ▲ 0.99
Kohinoor Spining / May 12 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	21,040,042 ▲ 1
Hub Power Co. / May 12 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	19,260,799 ▲ 12.03
Pak Int.Bulk / May 12 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	14,207,050 ▲ 1
Pak Elektron / May 12 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	11,672,407 ▲ 4.02

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