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Import delays push lint prices to record Rs20,000 per maund

Import delays push lint prices to record Rs20,000 per maund

LAHORE: The local cotton market was showing a bullish trend as white lint rates on Thurs­day touched the highest mark of Rs20,000 per maund for the...

11.01.2025 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton production plunges over 33pc

LAHORE: Phutti or raw cotton arrivals registered a significant drop of over 33 per cent as of Dec 31, 2024, compared to the same period of the...

05.01.2025 4

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

International Cotton Association declares 84 textile mills ‘defaulters’

LAHORE: The International Cotton Association (ICA) has placed at least 84 Pakistani textile mills on the defaulter’s list and prohibited them...

11.12.2024 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton production tumbles 34pc

LAHORE: Phutti arrivals at ginning factories kept a promising trend for the third consecutive fortnight, strengthening hopes for harvesting over...

19.11.2024 3

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Pakistan becomes largest importer of US cotton

LAHORE: Pakistan has become the largest buyer of American cotton for the first time in history because of sales, tax-free imports and lower-than-...

16.11.2024 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

High phutti inflows rekindle hopes for a better total

LAHORE: A nearly 10 per cent increase in phutti (raw cotton) arrivals in the first fortnight of October has given a pleasant shock to market...

19.10.2024 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton imports set to surge as output drops 60pc

Some experts attribute the drastic fall in cotton output to unregistered cotton trade, which has surged due to the absence of a track-and-trace...

04.10.2024 2

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Steep fall casts doubt on cotton production data

LAHORE: An abnormal decline in domestic cotton production and abysmal performance of ginning factories make the fortnightly data, released by the...

19.09.2024 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Rice exports touched $3.9bn in 2023-24

LAHORE: Pakistan has, perhaps for the first time, touched the mark of $3.89 billion in earnings from rice exports, which were made possible mainly...

17.09.2024 30

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton production in Sindh, Punjab plunges 60pc

LAHORE: A staggering fall of up to 60 per cent in the production of cotton both in Punjab and Sindh by Aug 31 has rung alarm bells in the textile...

04.09.2024 4

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Punjab’s power relief not sustainable, say economists

LAHORE: As the PML-N claims that the Rs14 per unit relief will lead to a 38 per cent cut in electricity bills of consumers in Punjab, economists...

18.08.2024 3

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Use of biopesticides can help Pakistan meet international food standards

Pakistan, like other developing economies in Asia, is confronting challenges in complying with international food standards because the prevalence...

12.08.2024 3

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Sugar industry fearful of heavy losses this fiscal year

Pakistan is the 7th largest producer of sweetener in the world, and sugarcane is the country’s second most important cash crop after cotton. The...

22.07.2024 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood