ISLAMABAD – Economic Coordination Committee has decided to impose immediateban on export of sugar to keep prices under control.
The meeting was held in Islamabad today with Adviser to the Prime Ministeron Finance Sheikh Abdul Hafeez in the chair.
The meeting observed that there are sufficient and adequate stocks of sugarin the country.
The Ministry of Industries and Production was directed to monitor sugarprices and availability situation and come back to ECC any time, if thereis a need to import sugar in future to discourage hoarding and profiteering.