The Sugar Industry In Pakistan

Agriculture sector is a vital component of Pakistan’s economy as it provides the raw materials to down the line industries and helps in poverty alleviation. This sector contributed 19.8 percent in GDP and it remains by far the largest employer absorbing 42.3 percent of the country’s total labour force. The high potential of this sector in earning valuable foreign exchange has been greatly realized through taping the potential in value addition sectors. The agriculture mix of Pakistan is heavily based on important crops (wheat, rice, sugarcane maize and cotton) which account for 23.55 percent of the value added in overall agriculture and 4.67 percent of GDP. The other crops account for 11.36 percent of the value added in overall agriculture

Without of sugar our life is impossible. Pakistan is agriculture country, 65% people are dependent on agriculture. After the independence, the half population adopted this occupation. The sugar industry in Pakistan is the second large industry after textile industry, and 5th in world ranking. Therefore, the economy of Pakistan produces approximately 65.5 million metric tons. The sugar industry provides 1.5 million jobs to the people and 0.6% GDP aspect.

Total area under sugarcane crop during 2017-18 was 1250 hectares in the country. Punjab is the largest province in terms of area under sugarcane which accounts for more than 68 percent of the total area under sugarcane followed by Sindh 22.9 % and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 8.9 % . In Punjab produces highest yield 48350 tones per hectare followed by Sindh 18250 tons per hectare and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5400 tons per hectare. Its production has increased by almost 27 %. It is primarily grown for sugar production in the Pakistan. Its share in total value added of agriculture is approximately 3.7%

Production of two sugar mills not enough for domestic sugar demand and 60 million migrated people. Initial step the sugar starts imported from foreign countries and various foreign exchange was spend for this main purpose. During 1969, Tando Muhammad Khan in Sindh was establishing an appropriate place to mount the first sugar mill. During 1997-98, the 75 sugar mills produced 2.4 million metric ton sugar, the productivity of sugar in Pakistan 1.124 m ha in 2012-13. (Sharif et al., 2014)

It is mainly grown for sugar and value added products. It is an main source of income and employment for the farming community of the country. It also forms essential item for industries like sugar, paper, barrages, confectionary, chip board, paper, barrages, and uses in plastic, chemical, synthetics, paints, fiber, detergents and insecticides. Sugarcane production in the country has increased over time. In 1988, the area under sugarcane was 89919 hectares which increased to 91258 hectares in 1992 and sugarcane production increased for 3808528 to 3920077 tons in 1988 to