Sugar export quota

LAHORE: The Punjab cane commissioner has allocated sugar export quotas as per cane crushed by each mill in the province.

Cane Commissioner Abdul Rauf, in an order issued on Monday, said that as per cane crushing data for 2023-24 obtained from Punjab zone of the Pakistan Sugar Mills Association it was observed that sucrose content or sugar recovery in mills located in certain areas of the province was higher than other areas.

Therefore, distribution of export quota on the basis of sugar produced tantamount to ‘double whammy’...