Sugar mills complete 80pc of cane crushing Business February 16, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Sugar mills have completed 80 percent of cane crushing and that adds to the carryover stocks to ensure sufficient availability of sweetener in the coming months, officials said on Monday. Officials of the ministry of industries and production told the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) that approximately 80 percent crushing of sugarcane has been completed during the current season. The carryover stocks plus the latest crushing would ensure sufficient availability of sugar in the coming months. Minister for Finance and Revenue Hafeez Shaikh chaired the weekly meeting of NPMC. Minister for Industries and Production Hammad Azhar, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce Razak Dawood, and others attended the meeting.