Season's cotton production estimated at 9.451 mln bales

News Image

By MG News | December 27, 2019 at 04:55 PM GMT+05:00

0:00

Dec 27, 2019: The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) has estimated the local crop output at 9.451 million bales as against the set production targets of 12 million bales during the season.

Cotton Commissioner Dr Khalid Abdullah told APP on Friday that Minister for National Food Security and Research Makhdoom Khusro Bakhtyar chaired the meeting which met here to asses the volume of current cotton crop in the country.

The representatives of provincial government of Punjab, Plant Protection Department, Trading Corporation of Pakistan , Federal Seed Certification and Registration Department , Pakistan Central Cotton Committee and All Pakistan Textile Mills Association attended the meeting.

Dr Abdullah presenting the overview of cotton production scenario in the country informed the meeting that cotton output in Punjab province was expected to reach 6.671 million bales and in Sindh it was assessed at 2.68 million bales.

The crop output of Balochistan was estimated at 0.098 million bales, he said adding the crop faced extraordinary temperature rise during the critical stages of crop development followed by an unexpected rise in temperature by 2° to 5°C during September as compared with the same month of previous few years.

Such harsh temperature affected the plant nutrition development capability and put the plant under stress, hampering the late season fruit development, he added.

Similarly, he said irrigation-water shortage in Sindh, especially during critical stages of crop development, severe attack of Pink Bollworm both in Punjab and Sindh, white fly attack, lower seed cotton prices with rising input costs remained the key elements affecting cotton production.

APP

Related News

Name Price/Vol %Chg/NChg
KSE100 131,949.07
198.95M
0.97%
1262.41
ALLSHR 82,069.26
730.83M
0.94%
764.01
KSE30 40,387.76
80.88M
1.11%
442.31
KMI30 191,376.82
77.76M
0.36%
678.77
KMIALLSHR 55,193.97
350.11M
0.22%
119.82
BKTi 35,828.25
28.42M
3.64%
1259.85
OGTi 28,446.34
6.84M
-1.02%
-293.01
Symbol Bid/Ask High/Low
Name Last High/Low Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES 108,125.00 110,525.00
107,865.00
-2290.00
-2.07%
BRENT CRUDE 68.51 68.89
67.75
-0.29
-0.42%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY 97.50 0.00
0.00
0.75
0.78%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY 106.00 106.00
105.85
-2.20
-2.03%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN 998.50 998.50
998.50
0.00
0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI 66.50 67.18
66.04
-0.50
-0.75%
SUGAR #11 WORLD 16.37 16.40
15.44
0.79
5.07%

Chart of the Day


Latest News
July 05, 2025 at 11:58 PM GMT+05:00

Weekly Market Roundup


July 05, 2025 at 02:57 PM GMT+05:00

National Savings Schemes see over Rs27bn inflow in May


July 04, 2025 at 10:16 PM GMT+05:00

CAT upholds CCP’s ruling against PREMA Milk


July 04, 2025 at 10:07 PM GMT+05:00

Gold price in Pakistan falls Rs1,500 per tola


July 04, 2025 at 08:01 PM GMT+05:00

TRG in Supreme Court



Top 5 things to watch in this week

Pakistan Stock Movers
Name Last Chg/%Chg
Name Last Chg/%Chg