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Pakistan’s cotton production plunged 34.28 percent to 9.768 million bales in the current season compared to the country’s output of 14.863 million bales in the same period of last season, ending in the mid of April. The drop in output this season is due to the crop’s soft local and international prices forced the farmers, hit by pest attacks and heavy rains, to cut acreage, according to the Pakistan Cotton Ginners’ Association (PCGA).
