Fifty-two million tons sugarcane has been produced in Pakistan this year, which is 15 percent more than last year. There will be substantial improvement in availability of the sugarcane to mill owners during the crushing season, Sugarcane Commissioner of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture Anayatullah Khan told the reporters. He said level of crushing is 19 percent at this time, which if compared with the past year is up by 4 percent. The crushing of the sugarcane started within time and hopefully the supply of sugar to markets will improve. Khan said that government has to create a balance among the stakeholders for the relief of consumers. The commissioner said if the mill owners and growers want to revive the zoning system, government would have no objection. Khan said that all the experiments made in various parts of Pakistan for the promotion of sugar beat cultivation yielded positive results.
