Related Keywords: cotton imports through the land route from India, decline in last year cotton crop, low commodity prices, Pakistani farmers, recommended imposition of regulatory duty, Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research, TCP
The Senate Standing Committee on National Food Security and Research unanimously recommended immediate imposition of regulatory duty on cotton imports through the land route, after being informed by Cotton Commissioner Khalid Abdullah that the decline in last year’s cotton crop resulted due to low commodity prices and APTMA pressurizing to allow duty free import of one million cotton bales from India through the Wagha border which could jeopardize the local cotton crop.
