Cotton arrivals rise 27% to 1.7m bales across Pakistan

Cotton arrivals at ginning factories across Pakistan reached 1,696,451 bales as of August 31, 2026, according to the Pakistan Cotton Ginners' Association, a rise of 27.01 per cent from 1,335,632 bales a year earlier. Mettis Global reported that 1,582,994 of these bales had been pressed, while textile mills bought 1,464,882 bales and exporters and traders took 73,000. The TCP category recorded no purchases.

Sindh accounted for the faster growth, with arrivals up 30.95 per cent to 1,139,354 bales, while Punjab's 557,097 bales marked a 19.66 per cent gain. Sanghar led every district by a wide margin at 757,845 bales, and Dera Ghazi Khan followed with 110,102 bales after a 60.93 per cent increase. Several Punjab centres, including Multan, Jhang and Sahiwal, reported declines, and Ghotki recorded no arrivals at all.

Unsold and unginned stock combined came to 158,569 bales nationwide, down from 200,700 bales a year earlier. Operating ginning factories numbered 332 over the period, with 145 in Punjab and 187 in Sindh.