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cotton bales

Non-compliant textile spinning units: FBR to take enforcement measures

Updated 20 Feb, 2026 09:40am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to take extreme enforcement measures, including import...

Efforts afoot to achieve target of 6m cotton bales

Published 27 Jul, 2025 03:02am

LAHORE: Field formations across Punjab are being further mobilized to achieve the provincial target of 6 million...

Beverages, cotton bales: FBR decides to install production line counter system

Published 04 Apr, 2025 05:22am

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has decided to install production counting system across the beverage...

Over 2m cotton bales reach ginneries

Published 04 Oct, 2024 07:18am

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) has released its latest cotton statistics, revealing a...

Month-on-month: cotton arrival in Pakistan stagnates in March

Updated 04 Apr, 2024 03:41pm

However, on yearly basis, cotton arrival surges 71%

Over 3.7m cotton bales reach factories

Published 04 Nov, 2022 06:05am

MULTAN: Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to over 3.7 million or exactly 37,07693 bales has reached ginning factories...

Cotton arrival declines 41% year-on-year owing to flood losses

Updated 03 Nov, 2022 03:58pm

Declines to 3.708 million bales as of November 1, 2022

Cotton imports: pricing not volume!

Published 22 Sep, 2022 09:06am

As all eyes zoom in on disaster struck cotton crop, concerns regarding fiber import bill are taking root. Last year,...

Over 2.1m cotton bales reach ginning factories

Published 19 Sep, 2022 06:35am

MULTAN: Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to over 2.1 million or exactly 21,86,593 bales have reached ginning ...

Cotton crop forecast: stilted recovery?

Published 20 Jul, 2022 08:54am

The comeback kid is not looking so good anymore. Cotton crop – whose output had staged a substantial recovery last...

Cotton forecast: this again?

Published 27 Jun, 2022 09:35am

Pakistan’s cotton imports are on the rise again.After importing just 3.1 million bales (of 170kg) during first ...

Over 7.3m cotton bales reach ginneries across country

Published 19 Jan, 2022 06:15am

MULTAN: Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to over 7.3 million or exactly 7,384,040 bales have reached ginning ...

Cotton output: all eyes on October report

Published 27 Sep, 2021 07:25am

In a televised interview last week, the Special Advisor to PM on Agriculture noted that the “cotton crop is...

Over 2.6m cotton bales reach ginneries

Published 19 Sep, 2021 03:56am

LAHORE: Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to over 2.6 million or exactly 26,86,537 bales have reached ginning ...

Cotton futures steady

Published 30 Jun, 2021 03:54am

NEW YORK: ICE cotton futures stabilised on Tuesday near the highest in more than two weeks hit during the previous...

Cotton Spot Rates

Published 08 May, 2021 03:30am

KARACHI: Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Friday (May 7, 2021)....

Cotton Spot Rates

Published 06 May, 2021 03:49am

KARACHI: Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Wednesday (May 5, 2021)....

5.64m cotton bales reach ginneries

Published 04 May, 2021 04:26am

MULTAN: Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to over 5.645 million or exactly 5,645,967 bales have reached ginning...

Cotton Spot Rates

Published 01 May, 2021 03:28am

KARACHI: Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Friday (April 30, 2021)....

Cotton futures slip

Published 29 Apr, 2021 03:52am

NEW YORK: ICE cotton futures fell by over 1% on Wednesday, tracking a retreat in core grains markets from multi-year...

Selective buying on cotton market

Published 29 Apr, 2021 03:52am

KARACHI: The local cotton market on Wednesday remained sluggish. Market sources told that trading volume remained...

Cotton Spot Rates

Published 27 Apr, 2021 03:02am

KARACHI: Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Monday (April 26, 2021)....

Weekly Cotton Review: Spot rate increased by Rs500/maund

Published 26 Apr, 2021 03:29am

KARACHI: The spot rate of cotton increased by Rs 500 per maund. Bullish trend was witnessed in international cotton...

The curious case of Punjab’s missing cotton bales

Updated 02 Apr, 2021 01:06pm

In July 2019, the annual tax bill imposed 10 percent sales tax on ginned cotton. Later same year (FY20), variance...

Cotton prices inch up on steady demand, softer dollar

Published 22 Mar, 2021 10:02pm

We have seen good demand in the weekly export sales report ... Also, commercial buying (primarily exporters and may be some of the mills) has been stronger today.
The US Department of Agriculture's weekly export sales report, on Thursday, showed net sales of 437,700 running bales (RB) for 2020/2021 were up noticeably from the previous week, while exports of 351,900 RB were unchanged.

5.64m cotton bales reach ginneries, comparative shortfall 34pc

Published 19 Mar, 2021 05:32am

MULTAN: Seed cotton (Phutti) equivalent to over 5.643 million or exactly 5,643,525 bales have reached ginning...

5.64mn cotton bales reach ginneries across Pakistan, comparative shortfall 34pc

Published 18 Mar, 2021 05:54pm

Cotton arrivals in Punjab were recorded at over 3.5 million or 3,507,356 bales while Sindh generated just over 2.1 million or 2,136,169 bales.

Over 5.5mn cotton bales reach ginneries across Pakistan, comparative shortfall 34pc

Published 03 Feb, 2021 07:28pm

Sindh generated just over 2.1 million or 2,134,935 registering a shortfall of 38.53 pc as compared to corresponding period of last year.

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	77,672.21
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 20 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	246.36 ▲ 22.4 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 20 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	18.71 ▲ 1.7 (9.99%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	58.78 ▲ 5.1 (9.5%)
Int. Knit. / Jul 20 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	98.79 ▲ 8.07 (8.9%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	48 ▲ 3.41 (7.65%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jul 20 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	43 ▲ 3 (7.5%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Nadeem Tex. / Jul 20 Nadeem Textile Mills Limited(NATM)	77 ▼ -8.16 (-9.58%)
J.K.Spinning / Jul 20 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	190.06 ▼ -19.94 (-9.5%)
Cresent Jute / Jul 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	19.32 ▼ -1.96 (-9.21%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	54.23 ▼ -5.33 (-8.95%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.50 ▼ -6.2 (-8.77%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	132 ▼ -12.01 (-8.34%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.70 ▼ -19.39 (-8.21%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,745,270 ▲ 0.35
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	29,019,074 ▲ 3.41
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	11,243,477 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	9,071,662 ▼ -0.17
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	8,139,703 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	7,213,073 ▼ -0.43
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	4,964,055 ▼ -0.01
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	4,643,758 ▼ -0.41
Pak Stock Exchange / Jul 20 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	4,410,149 ▼ -1.18
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	4,122,080 ▲ 0.04

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