The industry that sweetens Pakistan
Member mills
What the association does
Four decades of work, in four parts
Policy & representation
PSMA is the industry’s counterpart to federal and provincial government on cane pricing, support prices, distribution controls and the ordinances that regulate manufacture and trade — from the Sugarcane Act of 1934 onward.
The governing legislation
Statistics & forecasting
The association maintains production, sale and stock data for the whole industry and forecasts yearly production and consumption. The information is studied at both the domestic and international level.
Browse the data
Research & development
Long-term targets include improving sugarcane yield and recovery, raising irrigation efficiency and adopting new technologies in the farming system. PSMA also presses the case for a national sugarcane breeding institution.
How we work
Member services
A central secretariat in Islamabad and zonal secretariats in the north and south serve the member mills directly — membership records, the telephone directory, circulars, and the annual general meeting at which office bearers are elected.
Member mills
The association’s objectives
Above all, the Association provides and maintains valuable data for production, sale and stock — helping millers as well as policy makers.Memorandum of Association, Pakistan Sugar Mills Association
Structure
Three zones, one association
Created by resolution in September 1971, each sugar-producing province has its own zonal committee and secretariat.
Resources
The archive, kept open
Talk to the secretariat
The central secretariat in Islamabad handles membership, data requests and correspondence for the association and its three zones.