{"id":21826,"date":"2025-02-04T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T13:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=21826"},"modified":"2025-02-04T14:01:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T14:01:06","slug":"sugar-in-pakistan-still-expensive-despite-inflation-slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/02\/04\/sugar-in-pakistan-still-expensive-despite-inflation-slowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugar in Pakistan still expensive despite inflation slowdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Economic Coordination Committee (EEC) is ruing pricey sugar in Pakistan that has stayed put despite a slump in national inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During an EEC meeting on February 3, 2025, the committee found that halfway through financial year 2025, inflation has dropped to 7.2%<\/u><\/a>.  In the corresponding period through the October 2023-September 2024 financial year, inflation was at a steep 28.8%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting additionally discussed the prices of currently expensive basics, among which sugar, vegetables and edible oil rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because core inflation is down, the committee recommended a price decrement regime that is tangible to the common consumer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pricey domestic sugar has gained prominence not only due to local\u00a0price hoarding<\/u><\/a>\u00a0but because it is starkly opposite low international prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Holy Month of Ramadhan around the corner,  locals are worried that sugar mills will choose to continue profiteering.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some even think that during Ramadhan the cost could even reach 200 Pakistani rupees ($0.72) a kg, far above normal pricing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Price Hike Across Cities<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Metropolitan rates are up by at least 15 rupees ($0.054) to the kg while wholesale sits at 146 rupees ($0.52) a kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Punjabi city of Multan, sugar has touched 160 rupees ($0.57), from 135 rupees ($0.48) a fortnight ago, Samaa TV <\/u><\/a>reports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same trend informs Fasalabad, Pakistan\u2019s third largest city, also in Punjab. Here, ex-mill offers are at 146 rupees ($0.52) while retail rates have hiked to 160 rupees ($0.57).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is major urban centers such as Lahore, however, where consumers are feeling the sharpest pinch, at maximum 165 rupees ($0.58) a kg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government\u2019s maximum selling price of sugar at retail shops is around 145 rupees ($0.51). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organically, the February 2025 situation mirrors the late 2024 wholesale rate of 125 rupees ($0.45) per kg, a 10-rupee ($0.036) increase. At the same time, the late 2024 retail rate had appreciated by 15 rupees ($0.054) to 140 rupees ($0.50) a kg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EEC\u2019s mention of the pricey commodity has therefore indemnified the locals as really feeling the cost. For extra bits on sugar in Pakistan <\/u><\/a>such as the above, read on the statistics, next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Statistics on Sugar in Pakistan<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ranking as the number 7 biggest sugar producer globally, Pakistan averages 8 million tonnes<\/u><\/a> in sugar production per year (2021-22).  Whenever the country achieves this amount, it usually has a small surplus to export for consumption reaches 7.749 million tonnes<\/u><\/a> (2022). This export bulk has made the country the 7th biggest sugar-exporting nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is sugar consumption high in Pakistan<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 2021-2022 season, people in Pakistan took 31.79 kg<\/u><\/a> of sugar per person per year, the 118th<\/sup> highest globally. Earlier in the 2020-21 season, the rate had been 25 kg<\/u><\/a> per capita, slightly above the then world average at 23 kg. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the annual export value of Pakistani sugar<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a major sugar exporter, Pakistan averaged $2.3 billion per year in export sugar returns between 2010 and 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do exports have a bearing on <\/strong>sugar <\/strong>prices<\/strong> in Pakistan<\/strong>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While pre-2018 prices had been manageable, post-2018 rates started to waver after the introduction of an export subsidy<\/u><\/a>. The 5.35-rupee ($0.019) per kg subsidy encouraged exports, created a domestic sugar shortage and forced retail prices up. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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