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Related Keywords: CCI, cotton bales, cotton to be sold directly, direct state run Cotton Corporation of India, during this season, help maintain stable prices, ICF, Indian Cotton Federation, October to September, only to textile mills, procure hundred lakh bales, record bumper crop expected, throughout the year, urged the union government

The Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) has urged the union government to direct the state run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) to procure 100 lakh bales ( a bales is 170 kgs) as a record bumper crop is expected during the 2017-18 season (October-September). ICF stated that this cotton should be sold directly only to textile mills, which would help maintain stable prices throughout the year.

Related Keywords: better compared to previous season, cotton crop to rebound, during this season, higher cotton crop output, likely to improve, mainly due to favourable weather conditions, Pakistan cotton crop output, reducing import bill, remain lower side, serious measures need, USDA

Pakistan cotton crop output likely to improve during this season (2016-17). However, there is not doubt that It would remain lower side but better compared to previous season (2015-16) mainly due to favourable weather conditions.

According to the feedback from the growers, it is being projected that Pakistan's cotton crop is expected to be 10.6 million bales (1bales = 155kg) slightly higher than 9.7 million in the last year, traders and experts said.

Related Keywords: all the stakeholders, cotton output target, develop coordinated strategies, downward trend, during this season, enhance capacity about best crop management practices, for next season set, organize awareness-building seminars for farmers, owing to pest attacks, Pakistan cotton production, rainfall, Textile Industry

Pakistan cotton production which is on the downward trend from 33.62 percent to 9.687 million bales during this season to February 15 owing to pest attacks and rainfall damaging the crop. The government aimed at 15.49 million cotton bales in the beginning of the current season. But for the next season, Pakistan government has set the cotton production target at 14.101 million bales, on Tuesday.

The federal committee on cotton (FCC) fixed the cotton production target from 3.009 million hectares across the country for the fiscal year of 2016/17.