Cotton

1. Agenda Item #2
Present Status of Cotton Crop in
Sindh and Punjab

2. Cotton Sowing Position
Province Target Area Sown (million ha) % age Over
2016-17 2016-17 2015-16 Target Last Year
Punjab 2.306 1.938 2.271 84.041 -14.66%
Sindh 0.65 0.523 0.551 80.46 -5.08%
Pakistan 2.956 2.461 2.822 83.25 -12.79%

3. PRELIMINARY FIELD REPORT ON
COTTON CROP 2016-17 IN THE PUNJAB
Punjab Area
Targets
2016
Area sown %age(+/-)
of the
Target
%age(+/-)
over last
year2015 2016
Sub Total of Core Areas 4692.150 4595 4023 85.74 -12.45
Sub Total of Non Core
Areas
725.010 710 536. 73.93 -24.51
Sub Total of Marginal
Areas
282.850 277 232. 82.02 -16.25
PUNJAB 5700.010 5582 4791 84.05 -14.17

4. Egypt Cotton: Production Drops to Historic Low from Historic Low Area
Egypt 2016/17 cotton production is estimated at a historic low of 160,000 bales, down 60 percent
or 240,000 bales from last month and down 160,000 from last year. Area is estimated at 50,000
hectares, 58 percent below last month, 50 percent below last year, and 33 percent below the 5-
year average. Yield is estimated at 697 kilograms per hectare, down four percent from last
month, but unchanged from last year.
Recent field surveys indicate a larger reduction in 2016/17 planted area than previously forecast.
During the spring of 2016 farmers were reluctant to plant cotton because the Egyptian
Government had not announced support prices and did not reveal the details of the expected

5. Cotton Price Trend 2015
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6. Cotton Price Variation
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Cotlook - KCA Cotlook-India
Ave variation 2014

7. Taken away from the growers
Arvl Price Difference (Rs) Cotton Arrival (bales) Appx amount (Million Rs)
1st 834.26 1,339,990 5,092.27
2nd 1,341.92 857,811 5,243.53
3rd 1,095.48 875,524 4,368.97
4th 589.69 1,590,551 4,272.45
5th - 1,801,724 -
6th 181.03 1,554,013 1,281.51
7th 75.31 612,320 210.04
8th 872.69 402,185 1,598.79
Total 9,034,118 22,067.59

8. Agenda Item #8
Whether NFSR is initiating move
for TCP to purchase lint cotton
for the season 2016

9. • Request from Minister for Agriculture Punjab
to PM for procurement of 2 million bales (05-
05-2016)
• API has determined Rs. 3000/ 40kg of phutti
• Summery moved for comment to NFSR, MoF
and MoC (10-06-2016)

10. Thanks

11. Varieties Approved by Punjab Seed Council for 2016-17
Variety Lint
(%age)
Staple Length
(mm)
Micronaire
(ug/inch)
Strength
(tppsi)
BH-184 40.0 28.7 4.9 95.5
FH-Lalazar 42.0 28.9 4.8 98.6
VH-305 40.0 28.5 4.5 100.0
BS-52 41.0 28.2 4.6 99.4
IUB-13 41.9 28.8 4.7 93.0
MM-58 40.4 30.0 4.4 85.5
IR-NIAB-901 40.8 28.1 4.4 95.4
Leader-1 40.8 28.1 4.4 95.4
AGC-777 40.2 29.2 4.8 95.7
AGC-999 42.2 28.0 4.6 96.5
AGC-555 40.7 28.3 4.7 102.8
MNH-988 42.0 28.5 4.8 96.1
Tarzan-3 41.9 28.8 4.7 93.0
SLH-8 41.9 28.8 4.7 93.0
NIAB-2008 (Non-Bt) 37.9 31.2 4.7 95.0
Cyto-124 (Non-Bt) 42.8 30.3 4.4 92.4
Source: 46th meeting of the PSC held on May 2, 2016 at Lahore

12. Varieties Approved by Sindh Seed Council for 2016-17
Variety Lint (%age) Staple Length
(mm)
Micronaire
(ug/inch)
Strength
(tppsi)
RJM (120)
NIAB-Kiran 38.9 30.4 4.6 93.8
Bt.CIM-602 40.7 29.0 4.3 95.0
Source: 32nd Sindh Seed Council meeting held on April 14, 2016