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WORKING PAPER FOR THE 4TH MEETING OF FEDERAL COMMITTEE
ON COTTON (FCC) BEING HELD AT MINTEX, ISLAMABAD ON 19 TH
FEBRUARY, 2015
A- COTTON PRODUCTION REVIEW OF 2014-15:
Table-1: Province-wise Cotton Area & Production Targets during
the Year 2014-15:
The Federal Committee on Cotton (FCC) in its 3rd meeting held on 27 th Feb
2014, in consultation with the Provincial Agricultural Departments and
other stakeholders fixed the cotton area and production targets for 201415 at 3.128 million hectares and 15.102 million bales, respectively.
Province wise breakup is shown in the table below.
Provinc
e
Area Panted
000
Million Milli
hectar hectar
on
es
es
acre
s
Lint Production
Av.Lint Yield
Million Million
Kg/
(Maun
bales*
tons
hectar
ds/
e
acre)
2428.00
2.428
6.000
10.500
1.785
735
7.97
Punjab
650.00
0.650
1.606
4.200
0.714
1,098
11.91
Sindh
0.35
~0.001
0.001
0.002
0.000
729
7.90
KP
50.00
0.050
0.124
0.4000
0.068
1,360
14.74
Baluchist
an
3.128
7.730
15.102
2.567
820.63
8.89
Pakista 3128.36
9
n
Source: Third meeting of Federal Cotton Committee (FCC) held on Feb
27, 2014.
2014-15
2013-14
Difference
Change over
(Current)*
(Final)
last Year
Punjab
10,500,097
9,362,185
+1137912
(+) 10.84%
Sindh
3,935,105
3,738,227
+196878
(+) 5.00%
Total
14,435,202 13,100,412
1,334,790
(+) 19.86%
Total arrival since 1-2-2015 is about 96.23% of the target (15
million bales)
Source: Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (www.pcga.org ); * bale size
may vary
Table-3: Review of Cotton Sowing & Production Achievements
during the Year 20014-15:
1
Provinc
e
Area Panted
000
Million Milli
hectar hectar
on
es
es
acre
s
Punjab
Sindh
KP
Lint Production
Million Millio
bales* n tons
2286
2.286
5.649
9.902
1.683
596
0.596
1.473
3.488
0.593
0.444
~0.001
0.001
~0.001
0.000
41
0.041
0.101
0.107
0.018
Baluchist
an
2924
7.224
13.498
2.295
2.924
Pakista
n
Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics * 170kg/bale
Av.Lint Yield
Kg/
(Maun
hectar
ds/
e
acre)
736.36
9
994.78
5
503.49
1
444.07
3
784.76
8
7.981
10.781
5.457
4.813
8.507
Targe
t
201415
3.128
Achievem
ents
2014-15*
Differe
nce
(+/-)
%of
Targ
et
Area
2.924
-0.204
(million
6.52
hectares)
Production
15.10
13.498
-1.603
(million bales
1
10.6
of 170kg)
2
Av.Lint Yield
820
785
-35
+4.2
(kilogram/hect
7
are)
*2nd estimates; Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
Achievem
ents
2013
%of
201
3
2.805
+4.
24
12.768
+5.
72
694
+5.
04
Target
2014
Achievem
ents
Differe
nce
2
%of
Target
Achievem
ents
%of
2013
2014*
Punjab
Sindh
KPK
Baluchist
an
Pakista
n
2013
2.428
0.65
0.00035
0.05
2.286
0.596
0.000444
0.041
0.142
-0.713
~-0.0007
-0.293
94.15
91.69
126.86
82.00
2.199
0.568
0.000257
0.0384
103.956
104.930
172.763
106.771
3.12836
2.924
-1.604
93.47
2.8056
104.220
Target
2014
Achievem
ents
2014*
Differe
nce
10.5
9.902
0.598
Punjab
4.2
3.487
-0.713
Sindh
0.002
0.0013
~-0.0007
KPK
0.4
0.107
-0.293
Baluchist
an
13.498
-1.604
Pakista 15.102
n
*after flood losses Source: Pakistan Bureau
%of
Targe
t
Achievem
ents
2013
%of
2013
94.30
83.02
65.00
26.75
9.145
3.523
0.0012
0.099
108.278
98.978
108.333
108.081
89.38
12.769
105.70
9
of Statistics
Target
2014
Achievem
ents
2014*
Differe
nce
%of
Targe
t
Achievem
ents
2013
%of
2013
735
1,098
729
1,360
736
995
503
444
-1
-0.713
~-0.0007
-0.293
100.14
90.62
69.00
32.65
597
1086
340
437
123.283
91.621
147.941
101.602
821
785
-1.604
95.62
694
113.112
Punjab
Sindh
KPK
Baluchist
an
Pakista
n
*after flood
Area Panted
hectar Million Milli
es
hectar
on
es
acre
s
Lint Production
Av.Lint Yield
Million Million
Kg/
(Maun
bales*
tons
hectar
ds/
e
acre)
Punjab
Sindh
NWFP
Baluchist
an
Pakista
n
Source: Federal Cotton Committee (FCC) held on Feb 19, 2015.
Area, production and average yield targets are submitted for the
review by provinces.