📉 SUGAR
🎋 Rising Supply Keeps Prices Under Pressure
📈 USDA sees record global production (189.3 MMT) vs consumption (177.9 MMT).
🏭 Major Producers:
Brazil 🇧🇷: 45 MMT, record production.
India 🇮🇳: +25% YoY to 35.25 MMT, lower ethanol diversion = more exports
Thailand 🇹🇭: +5% to 10.5 MMT, boosting export capacity
🌍 Global sugar prices remain bearish as production surges across key producers.
🗃️ Ending Stocks Estimation: 41.188 MMT
🍚 Lentils & Spices
🏷️ Karachi Announces New Official Prices
📌 Lentils:
- Mash: Rs 335/kg 🟤
- Moong: Rs 340/kg 🟢
- Masoor: Rs 200/kg 🔴
- Chana: Rs 200/kg ⚫
- Kabuli Chana: Rs 295/kg 🤎
- Black Chana: Rs 190/kg ⚫
🌶️ Spices:
- Ground Red Chili: Rs 750/kg 🌶️
- Whole Hybrid Red Chili: Rs 560/kg 🌶️
- Whole Coriander: Rs 430/kg 🌿
- Ground Coriander: Rs 480/kg 🌿
- Ground Turmeric: Rs 590/kg 🟡
- Whole Turmeric: Rs 535/kg 🟡
⚖️ Note: Prices under Sindh Essential Commodities Act. Legal action for violators.
🇵🇰🇦🇫 Pak-Afghan Trade
Border Tensions Ease – Trade Slowly Resumes
✅ Chaman Border: Partially reopened; empty trucks & containers moving back into Pakistan.
🚚 Afghan Refugees: Truck movement ongoing.
⚙️ Torkham Border: Trade preparation complete; scanners installed, staff ready for smooth operations.
💹 Outlook: Ceasefire brings hope for renewed Pak-Afghan trade.
🛢️ IMPORTS – Palm Oil
Palm Oil Imports Soar 49.57% in November 2025
📈 Value: USD 353M (Nov 2025) vs USD 236M (Nov 2024)
💹 Increase: +USD 117M
🔥 Reason: Strong domestic demand & higher import volumes
🚢 EXPORTS
Pakistan’s Fruit Exports Up 22.64% in November 2025
📈 Value: USD 19.5M (Nov 2025) vs USD 15.9M (Nov 2024)
💹 Increase: +USD 3.6M YoY
🔥 Reason: Stronger overseas demand & improved export performance
