The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has addressed a third formal letter to the Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, urging the government to grant immediate permission for the export of 633,000 metric tons of surplus sugar.
According to the official correspondence, sugar mills held a total reserve of 3.1 million metric tons as of July 31, 2026. With domestic monthly consumption averaging 564,196 metric tons, mill owners project an excess surplus of 1.197 million metric tons at the onset of the upcoming crushing season. The association highlighted that high carrying costs and unsold inventories have created severe liquidity constraints for the sugar industry, further compounded by expectations of a bumper sugarcane crop in the approaching season. PSMA requested that the remaining excess stock be cleared for export within one month of the new crushing season’s start.
