Uses of sugar in food, pharmaceutical industry have been described and with the possibility of exhaustion of petroleum, natural gases and coal in the remote future, sucrose can, serve as a suitable raw material in chemical industry. Various products prepared out of sucrose have been enumerated and their potential uses also shown in coatings of wood, glass, paper, textile and as detergents, plastics, resins etc. From bagasse several articles can be made such as insulation boards, newsprint, fine writing paper, card board, grocery and cement bags etc. Total acreage of sugarcane in East and West Pakistan, its productivity and recovery of sugar by weight of cane per acre has been compared with that of Cuba.