Raw sugar futures on ICE make gains LONDON: Raw sugar futures on ICE rose on Friday, heading back towards last week’s multi-year highs on still tight... Published 07 May, 2023 03:21am
Pakistan Bid to smuggle 27,100kg of sugar foiled PESHAWAR: Authorities have foiled a bid to smuggle a huge quantity of sugar at Michni checkpoint, Landi Kotal and... Published 06 May, 2023 06:23am
Pakistan Major bids to smuggle huge quantities of fertilizer, sugar to Afghanistan foiled ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Intelligence and Investigation-Customs foiled major attempts to smuggle huge... Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am
Business & Finance PM for tightening noose around wheat, urea smugglers ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that the mill owners, dealers and warehouse owners involved in... Published 03 May, 2023 06:35am
Business & Finance PSMA rejects sugar price hike reports LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (Centre) (PSMA) has categorically rejected a news item appeared in a ... Published 02 May, 2023 05:59am
Business & Finance Seizure of un-stamped goods a must for success of track & trace system ISLAMABAD: The successful implementation of the track and trace system is directly linked with the outright seizure... Published 02 May, 2023 05:59am
Markets India’s sugar output could fall to 32.8mn tonnes MUMBAI: India is likely to produce 32.8 million tonnes of sugar in the 2022-2023 marketing year, down 3.5% from the... Published 26 Apr, 2023 12:05pm
Print Wheat flour, sugar and urea: FBR specifies ‘designated areas’ near borders to check smuggling ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has specified border areas of Afghanistan, India and Iran as ... Updated 20 Apr, 2023 08:35am
Print Four ‘essential’ commodities: Customs given legal backing to take action against smuggling ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has declared wheat and wheat flour, sugar and urea as “essential... Updated 18 Apr, 2023 09:07am
Print The challenge of smuggling: PM directs Suparco to provide real-time satellite imagery ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday directed Suparco to provide real-time satellite imagery of the... Updated 18 Apr, 2023 09:22am
Print Crackdown on hoarders, profiteers ordered ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday approved a massive crackdown against hoarding, profiteering and... Updated 17 Apr, 2023 08:46am
Print Punjab Zone: PSMA agrees to provide 20,000MTs of sugar at Rs95/kg during Ramazan ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided that the Pakistan Sugar Mills... Updated 16 Apr, 2023 10:06am
Print TCP paying Rs143m mark-up daily on loans for commodity imports ISLAMABAD: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) is paying Rs 143 million mark-up daily on loans raised from... Updated 14 Apr, 2023 08:37am
Pakistan ECC approves loan scheme to provide E-bikes, E-rickshaws on 0% markup Amount of Rs250mn approved for repair and maintenance of the Supreme Court of Pakistan building, judges' residences, rest houses and sub-offices in various cities Updated 13 Apr, 2023 06:16pm
Print Essential items: Govt vows to take strict action against smugglers ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday vowed to take strict action against those elements involved in smuggling of... Updated 13 Apr, 2023 08:49am
World India likely to see normal monsoon rains NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India is likely to receive normal monsoon rainfall in 2023, the state-run weather office said on... Published 12 Apr, 2023 06:11am
Markets Indian sugar prices jump MUMBAI: Sugar prices in India have climbed more than 6% in two weeks and are likely to rise further as production is... Published 11 Apr, 2023 03:44am
Markets Raw sugar hits 6-1/2-year high NEW YORK/LONDON: Raw sugar futures on ICE rose to the highest level in 6-1/2 years on Thursday, as low production in... Published 10 Apr, 2023 06:45am
Business & Finance BD cuts sugar prices marginally DHAKA: Bangladesh cut sugar prices in the domestic market by 3 taka ($0.028) per kilogram, a commerce ministry... Published 09 Apr, 2023 05:58am
Markets India’s sugar output drops MUMBAI: Indian mills have produced 30 million tonnes of sugar since the current season began on Oct 1, down 3.3% ... Published 06 Apr, 2023 06:20am
Print Surplus sugar stocks available, says minister ISLAMABAD: Rejecting the reports of sugar shortage in the country, Federal Minister for Commerce Naveed Qamar on... Updated 06 Apr, 2023 08:43am
Business & Finance Sugar retail price goes up by Rs20/kg in a month ISLAMABAD: Sugar price in the country within the past one month has registered an increase of Rs20 per kg in the... Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am
BR Research Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited (PSX: AGSML) formerly Al-Asif Sugar Mills Limited was incorporated in... Published 03 Apr, 2023 09:03am
Markets China sugar production seen at lowest in 7 years NEW YORK: Sugar production in China, one of the world’s largest consumers of the sweetener, is seen falling to 9... Published 02 Apr, 2023 03:02am
Markets Lahore Grain Market Rates LAHORE: Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Tuesday (March 28, 2023)... Published 29 Mar, 2023 06:27am
Markets India’s Maharashtra state to produce less sugar MUMBAI: India’s top sugar-producing state, Maharashtra, could churn out nearly 16% less sugar than the previously... Published 28 Mar, 2023 06:21am
Pakistan Issue of sales tax value on sugar supply still pending in LHC ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has not fixed the minimum value on the supply of sugar for sales tax... Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am
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
Markets Lahore Grain Market Rates LAHORE: Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Tuesday (March 21, 2023)... Published 22 Mar, 2023 06:24am
Print Rs5bn PM’s ‘Ramazan Relief Package’ announced ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday announced a Ramazan Relief Package worth Rs 5 billion to provide maximum relief... Updated 22 Mar, 2023 09:03am