25,000 tonnes of sugar will be imported by Bangladesh from Pakistan; it is anticipated that the cargo will reach Chittagong Port from Karachi Port next month. This is the first time in many years that Pakistan’s sugar sector is exporting so much sugar to Bangladesh. Although sugar exports from India are currently prohibited, Bangladesh used to purchase sugar from India.
With Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s assent, the Pakistani sugar industry signed agreements this year to export almost 600,000 tonnes of sugar. Thailand has bought 50,000 tonnes of this total, and 70,000 tonnes will be shipped to Central Asian nations. A spokesman of Pakistan’s sugar dealers, Majid Malik, claims that agreements to purchase sugar from Pakistan have also been made by Gulf governments, Arab nations, and a number of African countries.
Additionally, Pakistan is effectively selling sugar to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan that was formerly trafficked through Afghanistan. On December 2, 2024, more than 80 sugar mills in Pakistan started producing sugar.
