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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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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 3	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 3	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 3	159.93
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 3	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 3	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 3	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 3	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 3	7,553.68
India Sensex / Jun 3	74,346.17
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 3	68,402.13
Nasdaq / Jun 3	26,853.97
Hang Seng / Jun 3	25,633.21
FTSE 100 / Jun 3	10,332.30
Dow Jones / Jun 3	50,687.07
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 3	24,795.94
France CAC40 / Jun 3	8,150.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 3	95.34
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 3	401,030
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 3	4,452.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 3	80.51
Petrol/Litre / Jun 4	381.78
Diesel/Litre / Jun 4	380.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Universal Ins. / Jun 4 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	25.59 ▲ 2.33 (10.02%)
Tri-Star Power / Jun 4 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	15.38 ▲ 1.4 (10.01%)
Pak Synthetics / Jun 4 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	127.36 ▲ 11.58 (10%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jun 4 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	32.70 ▲ 2.92 (9.81%)
Gammon Pak / Jun 4 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	20.80 ▲ 1.57 (8.16%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 4 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	20.80 ▲ 1.56 (8.11%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 4 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	78 ▲ 5.52 (7.62%)
First Dawood Prop. / Jun 4 First Dawood Properties Limited(FDPL)	4.91 ▲ 0.34 (7.44%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jun 4 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	55.80 ▲ 3.85 (7.41%)
AKD Securities / Jun 4 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	37.70 ▲ 2.36 (6.68%)

Stock	Price
Ellcot Spinning / Jun 4 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	104.10 ▼ -10.72 (-9.34%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jun 4 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,980 ▼ -184.61 (-8.53%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Jun 4 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.60 ▼ -0.25 (-6.49%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jun 4 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	80 ▼ -5.11 (-6%)
Diamond Ind. / Jun 4 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	67.52 ▼ -3.96 (-5.54%)
Kohat Textile / Jun 4 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	78.50 ▼ -3.98 (-4.83%)
Mandviwala / Jun 4 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	67.62 ▼ -3.1 (-4.38%)
Sapphire Textile / Jun 4 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	1,331.01 ▼ -53.73 (-3.88%)
Data Agro / Jun 4 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	79 ▼ -2.74 (-3.35%)
Reliance Ins. / Jun 4 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.30 ▼ -0.38 (-3.25%)

Stock	Volume
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 4 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	19,619,474 ▲ 0.3
Dewan Cement / Jun 4 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	4,536,100 ▲ 0.3
Wasl Mobility Mod. / Jun 4 Wasl Mobility Modaraba(WASL)	3,740,847 ▲ 0.34
Pak Qatar Family / Jun 4 Pak Qatar Family Takaful Limited(PAKQATAR)	3,351,504 ▲ 0.76
P.T.C.L. / Jun 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	2,566,425 ▲ 1.09
AKD Securities / Jun 4 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	1,916,957 ▲ 2.36
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 4 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	1,887,054 ▲ 0.91
B.O.Punjab / Jun 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	1,792,466 ▲ 0.24
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 4 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	1,547,409 ▲ 0.32
Fauji Cement / Jun 4 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	1,212,561 ▲ 0.66

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