First deal of new crop (next season) from Burewala finalised on the cotton market on Monday in the process of listless trade, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 5450, dealers said. In the ready session, only one deal of 200 bales of cotton from Burewala sold at Rs 5600, they said. Seed cotton prices in Sindh were same at Rs 2600-2700 and in Punjab rates were at Rs 2800 and Rs 2900, they said.
Cotton analyst, Naseem Usman said that a few buyers were in the market to know the latest development. It is highly speculated that main buyers may prefer to make in new crop. Some of them were trying to lay hand over the unsold cotton of old crop due to quality factor, these are the factors, keeping sentiment low, they said.

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The KCA Official Spot Rate for Local Dealings in Pakistan Rupees
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FOR BASE GRADE 3 STAPLE LENGTH 1-1/32"
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                                    MICRONAIRE VALUE BETWEEN 3.8 TO 4.9 NCL
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Rate              Ex-Gin   Upcountry   Spot Rate    Spot Rate    Difference
                    For      Price     Ex-Karachi  Ex. KHI. As   Ex-Karachi
                                                  on 13.06.2015
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37.324 Kgs        5,450       150         5,600        5,600            NIL
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Equivalent
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40 Kgs            5,841       160         6,001        6,001            NIL
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