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MULTAN, Nov 18 (APP): The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has reported that cotton arrivals in ginning factories reached 4.856 million bales by 15 November 2025, showing a marginal decrease of 37,443 bales compared to 4.893 million bales during the same period last year. The overall decline stands at 0.77 percent.
According to the report, ginning factories in Punjab received 2.167 million bales, which is 76,922 bales less than last year’s 2.244 million bales, indicating a 3.43 percent decrease.
Sindh, however, recorded an increase as its factories received 2.688 million bales, up by 39,479 bales from 2.649 million bales during the same period last year. The increase is 1.49 percent.
By mid-November, factories produced 4.618 million bales of lint. A total of 434 ginning factories are currently operational across the country.
Exporters and traders have purchased 166,600 bales so far this season, while the textile sector has bought 3.991 million bales. The Trading Corporation of Pakistan has not procured cotton during the 2025–26 season.
Punjab has 231 operational ginning factories, which have produced 2.045 million bales of lint.
District-wise data shows that 28,100 bales arrived in Multan, 15,568 bales in Lodhran, 123,288 bales in Khanewal, 29,531 bales in Muzaffargarh, 258,738 bales in Dera Ghazi Khan, 32,054 bales in Rajanpur, 96,234 bales in Layyah, 174,769 bales in Vehari, 90,553 bales in Sahiwal and 282,811 bales in Rahim Yar Khan.
Similarly, 347,063 bales arrived in Bahawalpur and 550,136 bales in Bahawalnagar.
In Sindh, cotton arrivals were reported at 1,188,304 bales in Sanghar, 70,100 bales in Mirpurkhas, 78,750 bales in Nawabshah, 222,800 bales in Naushahro Feroze, 215,524 bales in Khairpur, 318,237 bales in Sukkur, 39,520 bales in Jamshoro and 135,018 bales in Hyderabad.
Factories in Balochistan received 168,281 bales by mid-November.
The PCGA report states that 698,262 bales of cotton and lint remain unsold.