Chairman Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) Javed Kiani has asked Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) to release the remaining 0.2 million tons of sugar from its stock in the domestic market so that rising trend of sugar prices is arrested in time.
Talking to Business Recorder here on Monday Kiani said that the prevailing sugar crisis is taking dangerous proportions as the 70 plus sugar mills of the country have already exhausted their 0.217 million tons of stock before the start of the crushing season likely to start in the third week of November after Eid-ul-Azha.
He said the sugar mills are greatly worried over the current rising trend of the sugar prices as it would be impossible for the sugar industry to purchase sugarcane from the growers at the fixed rate of Rs 150 per 40kg. "If we buy sugarcane at the rate of Rs 300 per 40kg then we would be forced to supply sugar at the rate of Rs 200 per kilogram to the consumers," Kiani warned.
He said the country's monthly sugar requirement is about 0.35 million tons. If the TCP, wholesale dealers and importers bring their stocks in the market, the sugar prices will immediately come down. In about three weeks time new stock of sugar will come in the market to stabilise the prices of the sweetener, he added.
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