At the time of partition in 1947 only seven sugar mills, existed in the territories of Pakistan, 5 in East Pakistan now known as Bangladesh and only 2 in West Pakistan now known as Pakistan. These two sugar mills namely Rahwali Sugar Mills and Frontier Sugar Mills established in 1936 and 1938 had a capacity of 5000 tonnes each of producing white sugar. During 1954-56 three more sugar mills were established with a capacity of 10000-15000 tonnes. By 1955-56, the sugar production capacity in Pakistan was around 45,000 tonnes.By 1980 there were 35 sugar mills in the country capable of providing 1.0 million tonnes. Ten more sugar mills were installed by 1990 with the production capacity having reached 2.0 million tonnes. Population and per capita increase always kept the demand high and number of sugar mills increased to 86 in 2009

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