New Delhi: The government on Thursday said it has temporarily exempted the import duty on cotton till December 31, 2025. The decision has been taken to augment availability of cotton for the Indian textile sector. The Central Government had earlier temporarily exempted the import duty on cotton from August 19 till September 30. “In order…
Pakistan Cotton Ginners Forum Chairman Ehsanul Haq on Tuesday voiced serious concerns over the delay in issuing a Statutory Regulatory Order (SRO), following a nationwide decline of Rs500 per maund in cotton prices. In a statement, he criticized the authorities for failing to issue the SRO despite the sales tax exemption granted on cotton imports….
A major controversy has erupted over the Crop Reporting Centre (CRC) Punjab’s methodology for estimating cotton output, with allegations of inflated and misleading figures. Reports suggest the CRC is relying on hypothetical calculations—extrapolating yields from boll counts per plant or using tiny sample plots as small as eight by six feet in some districts—to estimate…
