Summary Production of sugar in the country has decreased sharply by 248838 tones.
ISLAMABAD:(Online)-The data released on Tuesday by PBS revealed that the production of sugar during July to December of current fiscal year remained 733889 tones whereas it touched the 918658 tones during the same period.
In only December 2012, total production of sugar was 694036 tones while in the last calendar month of 2011 it was recorded at the level of 918658 tones.
But on the other hand the production of cigarettes has gone up, despite the passage of anti smoking law and efforts made by Health Ministry to prevent smoking as compared to December last year.
Similarly hike was noticed in the cigarette production in first six months of the financial year as compared to the same time of the last year.
According to Quantum Index of Large Scale Manufacturing Industry the production of the cigarettes in December 2012 was 5615 million which was 4639 million in the same month of 2011.
The production of cigarettes was 30511 million from July to December 2102-13, while it was 28338 million in the first 2Q of 2011-12 fiscal year.
The production of cotton cloth of Pakistan remained unchanged with 85650 square meter in both Decembers of 2011 and 2012 while a very minor decline was seen in the first six months of the fiscal year, which is not considerable as the country’s textile mills produced 513520 square meter in Jul-Dec 2012-13 while it was 51400 square meter in the same period of the last fiscal year i.e. 2011-12.
But the production of cotton yarn was increased in the month of December as well as in the first six months of this financial year and last one.
The production of cotton yarn was 252190 tones in December 2012 while it was 247790 tones in the same month of 2011. Its production in the first two quarter of FY 2012-13 touched the figures of 1493890 tones, while it remained 1489240 tones in the period from July to Dec in 2011-12.
