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LAHORE: The national cotton sector has entered a new phase with the new ginning season beginning in the second week of May for the first time in history. Cotton arrivals have started in Punjab and Sindh, and prices of phutti and lint are witnessing an unusual surge at the very outset of the season.
Four ginning factories in Khanewal and one in Burewala started cotton ginning over the past two days after partial cotton picking began in Sindh’s coastal areas.
Punjab-based ginners started purchasing cotton from those areas where early sowing was carried out in February on a larger scale than in previous years.
One ginning factory each in Sanghar and Tando Adam also started purchasing cotton, and these factories were expected to become fully operational within the next few days.
