Related Keywords: APTMA, better quality cotton seed to the growers, import of cotton from India, industry facing acute shortage of cotton, introduction of modern technology, local market flooded with imported yarn and fabrics, produce more cotton instead of other crops, provide incentives, reexamine Cotton Research Institutions, rejects imposing regulatory duty
The recommendation of Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research to impose regulatory duty on import of cotton from India through Wagha Border has been strongly rejected by All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) as the industry is facing acute shortage of cotton resulting in the local market flooded with the imported yarn and fabrics.
