ARTICLE 4 #SugarCrisis

A special meeting of the Sugar Advisory Board was held under the co-chairmanship of Ishaq Dar (Deputy Prime Minister) and the Federal Minister for National Food Security, Rana Tanveer Hussain, to review the sugar market situation, imported sugar stocks and the closure of the S-Track portal.

For ESY 2025-26, the government has issued a tender for about 10.50 billion litres of ethanol supply. In that total, only 289 crore litres (2.89 billion litres) have been allocated to ethanol produced from sugar-based feedstocks (sugarcane juice, B-heavy molasses, etc) — about 28% of the requirement.

Global sugar markets are experiencing a sharp downturn as an unexpected surge in supply pushes prices down by nearly 30% from their annual peak. Analysts say the sudden drop has caught traders and producers off guard, raising concerns about long-term market stability.