Pakistan, "Dawn" reported on January 6, Pakistan is still not optimistic about the production of raw cotton, domestic stocks have been unable to meet the cotton textile industry for two months of consumption, 2016-17 fiscal year still need to import large quantities of raw cotton is expected to domestic production of about 1054 million bales, need to re-import of about 4.5 million packages to make up for the demand gap.
Pakistan Textile Association, said in an interview, Pakistan was the world's third largest producer of raw cotton, but now has two consecutive years to become an importer of Pakistan's imports of cotton are mainly two land and sea trade routes, but the Pakistani government has banned Inland imports from the land, said the use of open-top road transport trucks, easy to transport cotton pests and diseases in the case of more than just sea shipping channel, Punjab province cotton textile industry as inland, production costs will further improve, the Pakistani Textile Association called The Government as soon as possible to cancel the import of cotton 4% of the tariffs for the cotton textile industry burden.