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Mills refuse to sell sugar at Rs70 per kg
Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz on Saturday directed all sugar mills to sell sugar at Rs70 per kg
Lahore: Sugar Mills Association has refused to sell sugar at Rs70 per kilogram, GNN reported.
According to details, mills and the Punjab government failed to reach an agreement over the price of the commodity and the association has presented a counter-proposal to the authorities.
The mills have said that country has two million tons of sugar is surplus and asked government to allow them to export 1.5 million tons of the commodity which can earn the country about one billion rupees in foreign exchange.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz on Saturday directed all sugar mills to sell sugar at Rs70 per kg.