Pakistan Cotton Crop Projection Unchanged

By Jim.Robinson|March 1, 2012

In January, The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee of Pakistan’s latest report projected the country’s 2011/12 cotton crop to be 12.598 million bales. The area cultivated is projected to be about 7.924 million acres.

The Committee kept the production estimate unchanged from December. The output estimate is far less than the 14 million bale number which the country was previously expected to produce in 2011/12.

The meeting was chaired by Pakistan’s Federal Textile Minister and was attended by major stakeholders in the Pakistan Textile Mills Association, Karachi Cotton Association and Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association.

According to a report in Pakistan’s Business Recorder, Punjab province is estimated to produce 10.133 million bales. The crop estimate was, however, not agreed upon by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association, which projected a crop of 14 million bales.