As many as 10.456 million bales of seed cotton (phutti) reached ginneries across Pakistan till January 15, registering a shortfall of 7.74 percent compared with the corresponding period of last year. Out of total arrivals, over 10.358 million (10,358,696) bales have undergone the ginning process, says a fortnightly report of Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA), issued here on Friday.

Arrivals in Punjab were recorded at over 6.324 million (6,324,540) bales showing a 10.79 percent shortfall and over 4 million (4,132,385) bales in Sindh registering 2.66 percent shortfall compared to corresponding period of the last year.

Total sold out bales were recorded at over 8.8 million (8,810,641) bales including over 8 million (8,709,741) bales, bought by textile mills and another 100,900 bales, purchased by exporters.

Around 1.646 million (1,646,284) bales were still lying with the ginneries as unsold stock.

Sanghar district of Sindh continued to remain on top with cotton arrival figures of over 1.28 million (1,283,777) bales, while Rahimyar Khan district of Punjab secured second berth with arrival figure of 1.16 million (1,163,074) bales.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2019