India to extend sugar export ban to boost local supplies MUMBAI: India plans to extend a ban on sugar exports for the second straight year as the world’s biggest consumer... Published 08 Sep, 2024 02:42am
Print Extension given in sugar export shipment KARACHI: Following the directives of the federal government, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed 15 days... Updated 07 Sep, 2024 08:50am
Markets India to extend sugar export ban to boost local supplies, ethanol output, sources say MUMBAI: India plans to extend a ban on sugar exports for the second straight year as the world’s biggest consumer of... Published 06 Sep, 2024 02:08pm
Markets Ukraine’s sugar output forecast to fall to 1.55m MT in 2024 KYIV: Ukraine’s white beet sugar output is likely to fall to 1.55 million metric tons in 2024 from 1.8 million ... Published 04 Sep, 2024 06:38am
BR Research Sugar: let exporters make some hay? After a slow takeoff by sugar exports during July 2024, the policymakers are back to repeating errors of the past.... Published 30 Aug, 2024 08:52am
Print Ministry to clamp down on sugar mills behind price surge ISLAMABAD: The federal government has empowered Ministry of Industries and Production (MoI&P) to take action... Updated 28 Aug, 2024 08:52am
Business & Finance ECC allows export of 100,000 tonnes of sugar ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to allow export of further 1 lakh... Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:24am
Business & Finance PSMA Punjab demands govt allow export of 1.5m tons of sugar LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) reiterated its demand on Monday to allow the mills to... Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:55am
Markets Raw sugar futures post weekly loss LONDON: Raw sugar futures rose on Friday but posted weekly losses, weighed down partly by an improving outlook for... Published 18 Aug, 2024 06:19am
Print SAB approves sugar export to Tajikistan on G2G basis ISLAMABAD: The Sugar Advisory Board (SAB), on Tuesday, following permission by the Cabinet’s Economic Coordination... Updated 14 Aug, 2024 10:21am
Markets Cocoa prices slip with market set to shift into surplus LONDON: Cocoa prices were lower on Thursday as favourable weather in West Africa raised the prospect of a global... Published 08 Aug, 2024 02:58pm
Business & Finance Once again, PSMA urges govt to allow export of ‘surplus’ sugar LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has once again asked the government to allow early export of... Updated 07 Aug, 2024 07:00am
Business & Finance Export of 40,000 tons of sugar to Tajikistan recommended ISLAMABAD: A joint meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Monitoring Sugar Export and Sugar Advisory Board (SAB),... Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am
Editorials Dilemma of sugar exports EDITORIAL: Contrary to the widely-held belief that players within the sugar industry are some of the most ... Published 26 Jul, 2024 06:21am
Business & Finance Increase in sugar price: Minister seeks report from cane commissioner ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain has sought report from the provincial... Published 24 Jul, 2024 05:38am
Print Sugar export: 100pc receipt of export proceeds in advance made mandatory KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has linked the export of sugar with 100 percent receipt of export proceeds... Updated 03 Jul, 2024 09:23am
Print Rs9bn approved for clearing OMCs’ PDCs: ECC allows export of 0.15 MMTs of surplus sugar ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has allowed export of 0.15 million MTs of... Updated 14 Jun, 2024 08:20am
Pakistan NAB Lahore initiates probe into mega sugar scam LAHORE: Director General, National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Lahore, Amjad Majeed Aulakh took a swift action over ... Published 13 Jun, 2024 07:16am
BR Research Sugar industry: political affiliation isn’t helping The sugar industry is in the news again. The industry wants a license to export surplus stocks; the government wants... Published 04 Jun, 2024 08:58am
Pakistan ‘CCP imposes Rs74bn of penalties on cartels but cases still pending in courts’ ISLAMABAD: Chairman Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP), Dr Kabir Ahmed Sidhu, Thursday said that CCP had... Published 31 May, 2024 06:58am
Print Refined sugar export: third meeting of SAB also remains inconclusive ISLAMABAD: The third successive meeting of the Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) has failed to decide on the export of... Updated 30 May, 2024 09:27am
Print PM takes serious note of absence of sugar data ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is said to have taken serious note of the absence of requisite data on... Updated 10 May, 2024 08:59am
Markets Ukraine sees higher 2024 sugar output, looks for new markets, union says KYIV: Ukraine may increase white sugar production nearly 3% to 1.85 million metric tons in 2024 and the exportable... Published 06 May, 2024 01:12pm
Markets EU sees sugar beet production to rise 2pc in 2024/25 PARIS: Sugar beet area and output will increase by 2% in the European Union next season thanks to favourable market... Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am
Markets Cocoa prices decline further; robusta coffee also down LONDON: London cocoa futures on ICE were lower on Friday and on track for a weekly loss of about 28%, though the ... Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am
Business & Finance PSGA, PSMA appeal PM to allow export of surplus sugar LAHORE: The Punjab Sugarcane Growers Association (PSGA) and the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Punjab Zone) have... Published 04 May, 2024 05:48am
BR Research Inflation: is the worst over? The headline is that the headline inflation is finally below 20 percent. It stood at 17.3 percent for April 24 – the... Updated 03 May, 2024 09:55am
Markets Indian sugar mills end season with higher than expected output MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India’s sugar production has been higher than expected this year after the completion of cane... Published 02 May, 2024 04:58am
Business & Finance Export permission: MoC casts doubt on PSMA’s surplus sugar figures ISLAMABAD: The Commerce Ministry has reportedly expressed doubts on the figures of surplus sugar presented to the... Updated 30 Apr, 2024 08:44am
Business & Finance Sugar export not allowed as yet, says minister ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Industries and Production Rana Tanveer Hussain has said that keeping in view the... Published 26 Apr, 2024 04:15am
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