It is also the largest public enterprise in the country employing nearly 3,000 people, while another 200,000 or more depend on it for their livelihood in rural sugar cane belts of Fiji.
It also established the Mill Area Committees as an advisory body on local sugar matters.
The Sugar Commission is the coordinating body, and the Tribunal adjudicates contractual relations between farmers and FSC, as well as any disputes among the parties.
The Sugar Cane Growers Council acts on behalf of farmers, and trade unions represent interests of FSC employees.
One of the major functions of the Sugar Industry Tribunal is to establish and regulate master awards controlling contractual relationship between FSC and cane farmers.
Soon after it took over assets of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, FSC embarked upon expansion of Fiji's milling capacity.