Cotton

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Production:

Cotton production in Pakistan is integral to the economic development of the country. The nation is largely dependent on the cotton industry .

Its related textile sector, and the crop has been given a principal status in the country. Cotton is grown as an industrial crop in 15% of the nation’s land during the monsoon months of May to August, known as the Kharif period.

Grown at a smaller scale between February and April.Pakistan occupied the fourth position among the cotton growers of the world, the first three being China, India and the United States.

In respect of exports of raw cotton, Pakistan holds third position and is the fourth in consumption (about 30 and 40 percent of its production). It is the largest exporter of cotton yarn.^[2]

Textile Setor :

Textile Sector of Pakistan Cotton Commodities Textile Industry is the heart and soul of this nation since Independence. It is the largest Manufacturing Industry in Pakistan.

Export of $3.5 billion (6.5% of total exported cotton in world) in 2017-2018. Pakistan is the eighth largest exporter of textile commodities in Asia.

Contribution in economy is equal to approx. 8.5% of total GDP. Textile Sector employs about 45% of the total Labor force in the country.

In the year 2017-18 Exports of textile sector grew by $4.4 billion. Pakistan is also third largest consumer of Cotton in the World.

Total Textile mills are 464 in Pakistan out of which five percent are on the PSX. Textile has a total processing capacity of 5.2 billion square meters.

International brands working in Pakistan with local textile mills are namely; H&M, Levis, Nike, Adidas, Puma, Target etc.

Textile businesses are concentrated in Karachi with a share of 38% and 28% in Faisalabad. Out of 464, 316 textile units in Punjab, 116 in Sindh.

Pakistan’s exports are under threat mainly from regional competitors because the governments of these countries support their textile industry a lot as compared to Pakistan’s government.

Rs.185 million has been approved in Pakistan for the Export Development Fund for the development of the textile sector. The textile industry provides 40% of the bank credit in Pakistan