MULTAN City News

Cotton arrival shows 10.85pc increase
From Our Correspondent
MULTAN: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) fortnightly report shows that around 14,838,605 cotton bales were sourced to the country’s ginners by April 1, which shows an increase of 10.85 per cent than the last year when ginneries received 13,385,835 bales.
Talking to newsmen here on Saturday, PCGA chairman Hafeez Anwar said that 13,820,695 cotton bales were sold to the textile units and exporters bought 474,091 bales while the Trading Corporation of Pakistan purchased 94,900 bales. Thus, overall 14,389,686 bales were traded so far, he added. He said that the PCGA was following the production target of the Pakistan Central Cotton Committee. The PCGA chairman said that Punjab contributed 10,864,105 bales, which was 12.87 per cent more than the last year when it contributed 9,625,703 bales and Sindh contributed 3,974,500 bales, which was 5.7 per cent more than the last year when it contributed 3,760,132 bales while Balochistan contributed 77,002 bales.
The district-wise cotton arrival in Punjab: Multan 497,312 bales, Lodhran 372,311 bales, Khanewal 986,572 bales, Muzaffargarh 493,241 bales, Dera Ghazi Khan 492,247 bales, Rajanpur 568,215 bales, Layyah 395,328 bales, Vehari 803,637 bales, Sahiwal 597,156 bales, Pakpattan 173,503 bales, Okara 52,728 bales, Kasur 22,400 bales, Toba Tek Singh 331,294 bales, Faisalabad 98,733 bales, Jhang 74,084 bales, Mianwali 463,787 bales, Bhakkar 193,750 bales, Sargodha 26,582 bales, Rahimyar Khan 1,411,756 bales, Bahawalpur 1,336,599 bales and Bahawalnagar 1,472,770 bales.
The district-wise cotton arrival in Sindh: Hyderabad 266,731 bales, Mirpur Khas 403,461 bales, Sangarh 1,514,268 bales, Nawabshah 313,761 bales, Naushero Feroze 258,265 bales, Khairpur 250,548 bales, Ghotki 228,311 bales, Sukkur 415,889 bales, Dadu 44,664 bales, Jamshoro 146,900 bales and Badin 54,700 bales.