PSMA concerned at ‘unsustainable’ production costs LAHORE: Sugar millers have claimed that production and sale of sugar below its costs of production has become... Updated 08 Dec, 2023 10:04am
Business & Finance Experts for Chinese help in promotion of sugar industry ISLAMABAD: Amid the urgent need for adoption of modern technology, agriculture experts urged for joining hands with... Published 19 Nov, 2023 03:14am
Print CCP struggling to recover Rs44bn penalty amount ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is facing a prolonged delay in the recovery of Rs 44 billion... Updated 14 Nov, 2023 08:16am
Editorials The complicated truth about sugar EDITORIAL: Finally, the story of long simmering tensions between the Punjab government and sugar mills has a happy... Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Print Last six months: Sugar moguls pocketed Rs260bn in profit: PTI ISLAMABAD: Lashing out at the former Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) government for opening the floodgate of... Updated 01 Sep, 2023 09:09am
BR Research ‘You say you want exports’ No, this is no plea insisting how sugar industry has been wronged by the latest ban on exports. In fact, chances are... Published 31 Aug, 2023 07:53am
BR Research Banking’s most eligible borrower? If you had three guesses to answer that question, your answer would probably be government, power, and textile... Published 15 Jun, 2023 08:42am
Opinion The bitter truth about sugar industry Sugar is an essential commodity in the consumption basket of all segments of society. Its production and ... Published 31 May, 2023 03:57am
Business & Finance Industry intimated: No non-budgeted subsidy on sugar export: MoF ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has conveyed to the country’s sugar industry that no non-budgeted subsidy... Published 23 Mar, 2023 05:47am
BR Research Sugar industry: time to pivot During the past five years, the retail price of a regular cola bottle has increased by 55 percent. A kilogram of... Published 24 Feb, 2023 09:15am
Print Industry yet to export any amount of sugar ISLAMABAD: The country’s sugar industry has not yet been able to export any amount of sugar out of 250,000 tons... Updated 04 Feb, 2023 09:29am
BR Research TICL: tide turning? PTI governments’ bad blood with the sugar industry is no secret. Yet, surprisingly, the industry may have been one... Published 30 Dec, 2022 09:32am
Business & Finance PSMA again offers to sell surplus sugar at Rs115/kg LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) has once again offered the federal government to buy the... Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:59am
Business & Finance Export of refined sugar: govt, PSMA fail to reach decision ISLAMABAD: Pakistan sugar industry is eyeing earning an estimated profit of Rs35 billion by exporting one million... Updated 30 Nov, 2022 09:54am
BR Research Sugar export: get a demand assessment first Last Friday, Punjab government notified the official beginning of crushing season in the province. This follows a... Published 28 Nov, 2022 08:41am
Business & Finance Stock position: Sugar industry asked to provide verified data ISLAMABAD: The government has asked the sugar industry to provide verified and authentic data on sugar stocks in the... Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am
Markets PSMA lobbying for sugar export ISLAMABAD: The sugar industry has requested the government to allow the export of surplus sugar keeping in view the... Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am
Editorials Economic despondency EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) nfor the week ending 29 September 2022 year on year was estimated at... Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:01am
Business & Finance Sugar industry: Major problems detected in FBR’s track & trace system LAHORE: If not completely then largely, the Federal Board of Revenue’s track & trace system has failed to... Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am
Markets Arabica coffee extends gains, New York cocoa hits near 1-year low LONDON: Arabica coffee futures on ICE rose for a third consecutive session to their highest in over a week on... Published 01 Jul, 2022 05:59pm
Print Gur, sugar export as per SAB decision: Qamar ISLAMABAD: Commerce Minister Syed Naveed Qamar has said that export of Gur will be opened along with sugar in the... Updated 30 Jun, 2022 09:42am
Print PSMA demands permission to export excess sugar output LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has demanded the government to allow export of excess sugar... Updated 29 Mar, 2022 10:07am
Business & Finance Talks between PSMA, govts: spokesman says there’s no solid outcome LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) members have expressed concerns over the futile meetings with the... Published 14 Jan, 2022 07:45am
Opinion CCP’s order in sugar industry case: a critique—I A few days ago, a friend congratulated me on the fact that the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP, the... Published 10 Jan, 2022 07:02am
BR Research Sugar: financial roundup 2021 ‘Tis the season of performance appraisals! As calendar year reaches its conclusion, the sugar industry has begun... Published 30 Dec, 2021 07:11am
Print PSMA says there’s no shortage of sugar in country LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has categorically rejected the rumours that there is a looming... Updated 26 Nov, 2021 09:32am
Markets Cuban sugar industry restructures as another bleak harvest looms HAVANA: Cuba has carried out a root and branch restructure of its sugar industry in a last-ditch attempt to keep... Published 25 Nov, 2021 03:53am
Editorials A frail economy can undermine security EDITORIAL: Prime Minister Imran Khan while addressing the launch of the ‘track and trace’ system for sugar... Updated 25 Nov, 2021 07:34pm
Print ‘Track and trace’ system for sugar industry launched ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday said there is a need to increase the tax collection because the... Updated 24 Nov, 2021 10:31am
Print Sugar industry: PM to inaugurate track and trace system on November 23 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will inaugurate ‘Track and Trace system’ of the Federal Board of Revenue... Updated 17 Nov, 2021 11:21am