KARACHI: Pakistan’s state-owned Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) launched a fresh international tender on Thursday to procure 200,000 metric tons of white refined sugar, traders said, as the government seeks to address tight domestic supplies
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Sweet chaos
Pakistan’s sugar market is spiralling out of control, and the tremors are rattling global soft-commodity markets. What began as a domestic shortfall has morphed into a high-stakes drama of geopolitical brinkmanship, price manipulation, and supply-chain upheaval. A 2.1 million-metric-ton demand gap has forced Islamabad into emergency imports—three tenders in one month. Yes, two of them failed. The third tender for 200,000 metric tons is now in motion, the first shipment due in early September 2025, according to the Ministry of National Food Security and Research.
Pakistan issues new 100,000 tons sugar import tender to ease soaring prices after failed bids
ISLAMABAD: The government has opened a new international tender to import 100,000 metric tons of white refined sugar, a fresh bid to tame soaring domestic prices that have strained households.