PAKISTAN: Pakistan’s Cotton Output Seen at 9.375m bales
Cotton output in Pakistan during 2008/09 is forecasted to rise to 9.375 million (480 lb) bales from 8.750 million bales in the prior crop year, a US Agriculture Department attaché in Islamabad said. The increase in production is due partly to better technology and management practices by cotton growers. Overall…
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Progressive textile mills are focused on producing better-quality products, particularly for the export market.
Consequently, Pakistan is a major cotton importer. The face of dwindling local supplies, rising prices and continued contamination problems, local mills are finding the importation of upland cotton increasingly attractive.
Source: Thenews.com
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 1 June 2008. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
