PAKISTAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY TO BE BOOSTED BY COTTON PRODUCTION INCREASE
August 1st, 2013
THE PAKISTAN textile sector is anticipating a bumper cotton harvest due to the favourable weather conditions in the main cotton-growing Punjab and Sindh provinces. Government officials and textile industry representatives said timely rains would boost output. A report from the government’s cotton crop assessment committee has said Pakistan was likely to produce 13.255 million bales (of 170 kilograms each) in the fiscal year of 2014, ensuring cotton production would rise by 1.68 million bales, or 14.52%, compared to the 11.57 million bales produced in the fiscal ...
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