
A leader of the Progressive Group of the Pakistan Flour Mills Association called for a market-oriented wheat policy and targeted financial assistance instead of blanket flour subsidies. He said frequent changes to procurement, release and quota arrangements create uncertainty, and supported the government’s Rs4,500-per-maund wheat support price while calling for wheat release prices to reflect procurement costs.
Changes to procurement, release pricing and subsidies can affect mill demand and the prices farmers receive, influencing incentives to plant wheat. A support price may underpin producer returns, while market-based release pricing could pass procurement costs through to flour buyers.
After 182 past bullish policy events, Wheat (SRW) moved a median +0.1% over 5 sessions (52% higher; middle half -1.9% to +1.4%), and -0.3% over 20.
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