Ginneries receive 7.86m cotton bales across the country.

MULTAN -- Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to 7.86 million bales reached ginneries across

Pakistan till Dec 15 registering 21.09 percent shortfall compared to corresponding period of the last year.

Out of total arrivals, over 7.54 million bales had undergone the ginning process, according to a fortnightly report released to media by the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) here Wednesday.

The arrivals in Punjab were recorded at 4.46 million bales and over 3.39 million bales in Sindh. Total sold out bales were recorded at over 6.58 million bales, including 6.53 million bales bought by textile mills and another 52,160 bales by exporters. Over 1.27 million bales were still lying with the ginneries as unsold stock.

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