Pakistan Sugar Mills Association

The recognised voice of Pakistan’s sugar industry

A licensed trade organisation representing the sugar mills of Punjab, Sindh and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 1964 — custodian of the industry’s statistical record and its counterpart to government on policy.

  • Licensed under Ordinance No. XXXI of 2007 Granted 17 May 2008 by the Directorate of Trade Organizations.
  • Continuous industry data since the 1960s Production, sale and stock figures published for millers and policy makers.
A member sugar mill in operation Member mill · Shah Taj
90 Mills on record across three zones

Remit

What the association is responsible for

The objectives set out in the Memorandum of Association resolve into four continuing areas of work.

01 — Policy

Representation

Counterpart to federal and provincial government on cane pricing, support prices, distribution control and the ordinances governing the trade.

02 — Data

Statistics

Production, sale and stock records for the whole industry, with yearly production and consumption forecasts.

03 — Research

Development

Improving sugarcane yield and recovery, irrigation efficiency and the adoption of new technology in the farming system.

04 — Members

Secretariat

A central office in Islamabad and two zonal secretariats serving the member mills directly.

By the numbers

An industry, on the record

Everything the association publishes is drawn from returns supplied by the mills themselves, compiled season by season and kept available long after the season closes.

National statistics
29 National data series published
12 International series
27 Annual reviews since 1990
23 Sessions of elected management

The archive

Mills, meetings and study tours

Twenty-one albums from the association’s photographic record, covering member mills, general meetings and delegations abroad.

Requesting data or membership?

The secretariat handles membership applications, statistical requests and press enquiries for the association and its three zones.