MULTAN,Nov 3rd : Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has issued the figures of cotton arrival upto Oct 31st,2018. Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to over 77,06,331 bales of cotton have reached ginneries across Pakistan as of October 3Ist,2017,showing an decrease of 5.26 per cent compared to corresponding period last year when ginneries received 81,34,404 bales. According to the 4th fortnightly report of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) issued with the approval of three member committee comprising Mehr Muhammad Ashraf (Convener) Malik Talat Suhail and Salman Maqbool here today. Briefing the media men about cotton production they said that 16,62,137 bales of cotton received during this fortnight. Out of the total arrivals, 7.706 million bales of cotton have been converted into bales so far. Ginneries in Punjab recorded arrival of 42,71,444 bales against the last year arrival of 46,58,280 bales showing a decrease of 8.30 per cent. Sindh ginneries recorded arrival of 34,34,887 bales while last year Sindh received 34,76,124 bales 1.19 % less. Ginneries in Sindh recorded a decrease of 1.19 % as compared to corresponding period last year.Textile mills have bought 57,20,156 bales while exporters bought 83,958 bales. The total bales sold out so far were calculated at 58,04,114 bales. While 19,02,217 bales are lying unsold .Multan received 1,62,345 bales 16.41 % decrease than last year, Lodhran 77,367 bales 20.70 % decrease, Khanewal 4,14,616 bales a decrease of 19.20 %, Muzaffargarh 2,38,280 bales an increase of 11.04 %, Dera Ghazi Khan 2,86,946 an increase of 5.29 %, Rajanpur 3,54,626 bales, 8.25 % increase,Layyah 1,34,450 bales 27.36.% decrease, Vehari 3,61,635 bales 18.81 % decrease, Sahiwal 1,61,056 bales 16.52 % less than last year, Pakpattan 17,094 bales 47.17% decrease, Okara 11,650 bales- 19.93 % short, Toba Tek Singh 1,05,899 bales, 15.27 % decrease , Faisalabad 25,948 bales 16.98 % less than last year, Jhang 11,896 showing a decrease of 38.20 %, Mianwali 51,600 a decrease of 55.57 % , Bhakkar 22,862 (61.45 % less) Sargodha (Figures not received), Rahim yar Khan 6,85,831 bales (16.33% increase), Bahawalpur 5,96,245 a decrease of 11.62 %,and Bahawalnagar 5,51,098 an increase of 0.60 %. In Sindh province: Hyderabad 2,02,647 bales 13.64 % less than last year,Mirpur Khas (Thar) 1,18,128 bales 42.70 % less, Sangarh ,12,05,037 bales 9 % decrease, Nawabshah 3,52,301 bales (11.55 % increase), Naushero Feroze 3,00,455 bales (3.27 % increase), Khairpur 3,12,545 (21.84 % increase) Ghotki 2,50,891(36.42 % increase),Sukkur 4,68,464 (15.84% increase), Dadu 34,455 (44.66 % increase), Jamshoro 92,991bales (25.41 % less) ,Badeen 3,229 bales 81.34 % less) and Baluchistan 93,745 bales (a decrease of 0.01%). Total 836 ginning factories are operational in the country.Of them 549 in Punjab and 287 in Sindh.Total 19,02,217 bales are lying in unsold stock.They told that the data was collected with joint cooperation of PCGA, APTMA and KCA. The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) will have to revise cotton production estimates to 10.2 million bales of 170kg each for this season, down from earlier projections of 10.87m bales.The predictions dashed all hopes of harvesting a bumper cotton crop in 2018-19.The country’s overall cotton production has deteriorated over the years in turn affecting the gross domestic product. The country’s last bumper cotton crop of 14.9m bales was harvested in 2013-14.Under the revision, production in Sindh is expected to witness a shortfall of merely 0.1 million bales to 0.12m bales. The province produced 4.253m bales in last season.Production estimates for Balochistan were also revised upward to 0.15m, which is higher than the last year’s output of 0.117m bales. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is expected to produce around 0.02m bales.The country’s cotton production has been under stress during the last four years as country mainly because of adverse effects of climate change and shortage of irrigation water and partly due lack of attention to the declining output from the successive governments.
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