LAHORE: Pakistan experienced a significant decline in cotton arrivals last year, with a drop exceeding 33% as of December 31, according to the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA). The total cotton arrivals in the country stood at 5.452 million bales in 2024, compared to 8.171 million bales recorded in the previous year, representing a 33.27% … Read more
KARACHI: The government has decided to provide incentives to farmers who move from the water-intensive sugarcane crop to cotton production in order to reduce reliance on cotton imports and increase textile exports in the face of a fast increasing trade deficit. In a recent cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was presented with a plan … Read more
Due to the novel coronavirus outbreak in Pakistan, the country has witnessed a downward trend in cotton production and kinnow exports. According to the media reports, the 2020 has been the worst year in Pakistan’s history in the cotton production in which only 3.8 million acres of cotton cultivated. The target for cotton production per … Read more
