‘Textile units are relocating to other countries’

[bafxet]

nope we are not producing cotton, that is another problem
in last 20 years our production has dropped from around 9 million bales in 1990 to around 7 something this year, while india production has double froma round 8 in 1990s to 18ish

PS
these nos are estimate, will be happy if someone corrects me

BD is importing cotton from Uzbekistan and yet the biggest exporter.

 

[ziaulislam]

there was a god damn stupid plan few years ago build cities near iran and take power from iran cheaper . in fact pakistna have it . its barter trade deal for 9mn$ we can expand it . if there is will there are ways . but in our country we see KUTT KHANA BAKWAAS all the year of politics . we need dollars and gdp growth sir .we can have industrial zones near iran on coastal line of pakistan but we make there ship breaking yards

Iran is offering power at 12 cents..you can simply google it. We are paying 12 cents for gawadar..we thought it was too exepensive so we are now setting a coal plant that will be at 8 cents

Texetile need 7 cents cost or less

Local hydro is 3-4 rs, local gas 4 cents, local coal 5-6cents , nuclear 7 cents, plants through cepec 6-8 cents

there was a god damn stupid plan few years ago build cities near iran and take power from iran cheaper . in fact pakistna have it . its barter trade deal for 9mn$ we can expand it . if there is will there are ways . but in our country we see KUTT KHANA BAKWAAS all the year of politics . we need dollars and gdp growth sir .we can have industrial zones near iran on coastal line of pakistan but we make there ship breaking yards

U need three things for industries
Cheap & reliable utility
Zero cost land
Labour cheap and SKILLED

we have none..bangaldesh has 1&3..

Solution:
Local cheaper power trough coal solar and hydro. Renegoatiate with IPPs ..(return their kick back money)

Provide free land on lease to industries near cities like just out of karachi may be gawadar and lahore. Govt need to buy cheap land provide infrastructure and then give it on lease cheaply

Set up skill centers for labour

Govt has been slow in these reforms

 

[ziaulislam]

BD is importing cotton from Uzbekistan and yet the biggest exporter.

Cotton is advantage not the key
Key is

1. Utilities(elctricity/gas)
2.Man power
3./And land cost

 

[bafxet]

So cotton is not an impediment. Skilled manpower is also not an issue. Cheap ERF is also available, FEx rate is also very attractive so what else do they need. Agreed that Power terrif is at 9 cents is 20% higher than what they are demanding. The only thing I can think is that unfortunately may be the Brand name 'Pakistan' is tarnished.

 

[Marker]

Pakistan cotton production fell from 10.6 m bales in 2014 to 6.2 m bales in 2019 and 6.3 m bales in 2020 (expected).

Market Year	Production	Unit of Measure	Growth Rate
2010	8640	1000 480 lb. Bales	-6.49%
2011	10600	1000 480 lb. Bales	22.69%
2012	9300	1000 480 lb. Bales	-12.26%
2013	9500	1000 480 lb. Bales	2.15%
2014	10600	1000 480 lb. Bales	11.58%
2015	7000	1000 480 lb. Bales	-33.96%
2016	7700	1000 480 lb. Bales	10.00%
2017	8200	1000 480 lb. Bales	6.49%
2018	7600	1000 480 lb. Bales	-7.32%
2019	6200	1000 480 lb. Bales	-18.42%
2020	6300	1000 480 lb. Bales	1.61%

https://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?country=pk&commodity=cotton&graph=production

This is a huge fall of 4.3 m bales.

A consistent fall in cotton cultivation area for the last seven years has eventually reduced crop production to little over 10 million bales this year from the bumper crop of 15m bales in 2011-12.

Almost 9m acres were under cotton cultivation in 2011-12. The sowing area steeply declined to 5.9m acres in 2018-19 as opposed to government estimates of 7.3m acres, but no successive governments took any action to arrest the situation, with the result that the country now relies on imported cotton to meet local demand.

Over the past few years, growers shifted from cotton to sugarcane due to various reasons — the most prominent being the political clout wielded by the sugar industry. Furthermore, growers preferred sugarcane as it is a less labour-intensive crop and the plant root stays for a minimum of three crops.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1455335

Ironically, cotton import is rising, 0.95 m bales in 2014 to 3.3 m bales in 2019 and 4.5 m bales in 2020.

Market Year	Imports	Unit of Measure	Growth Rate
2010	1443	1000 480 lb. Bales	-8.32%
2011	900	1000 480 lb. Bales	-37.63%
2012	1800	1000 480 lb. Bales	100.00%
2013	1200	1000 480 lb. Bales	-33.33%
2014	950	1000 480 lb. Bales	-20.83%
2015	3300	1000 480 lb. Bales	247.37%
2016	2450	1000 480 lb. Bales	-25.76%
2017	3400	1000 480 lb. Bales	38.78%
2018	2850	1000 480 lb. Bales	-16.18%
2019	3300	1000 480 lb. Bales	15.79%
2020	4500	1000 480 lb. Bales	36.36%

https://www.indexmundi.com/agriculture/?country=pk&commodity=cotton&graph=imports

A huge rise of 2.35 m bales of cotton import.

“Unfortunately cotton production has been reduced to the extent that today the country has to import a substantial quantity of cotton by spending between $1-1.5 billion to meet domestic consumption of around 15m bales,”

It would be in the best interest of the country if the incumbent government chalks out a plan to increase cotton production or war footings and by increasing cultivation land for the cop and restricting other crops from replacing areas.

The new agriculture policy should ensure that sugarcane and wheat production should be brought down to the level to only to meet local consumption since surplus production of these two crops has to be exported by providing subsidies. Hence cotton production should be maximised and there should be exportable surplus since it never needed subsidy on exports.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1455335

 

[Imran Khan]

Iran is offering power at 12 cents..you can simply google it. We are paying 12 cents for gawadar..we thought it was too exepensive so we are now setting a coal plant that will be at 8 cents

Texetile need 7 cents cost or less

Local hydro is 3-4 rs, local gas 4 cents, local coal 5-6cents , nuclear 7 cents, plants through cepec 6-8 cents

U need three things for industries
Cheap & reliable utility
Zero cost land
Labour cheap and SKILLED

we have none..bangaldesh has 1&3..

Solution:
Local cheaper power trough coal solar and hydro. Renegoatiate with IPPs ..(return their kick back money)

Provide free land on lease to industries near cities like just out of karachi may be gawadar and lahore. Govt need to buy cheap land provide infrastructure and then give it on lease cheaply

Set up skill centers for labour

Govt has been slow in these reforms

any IPP license cancel they go to court and got billions dollars fine on pakistan . our corrupt politicians + bureaucrats already sold us to these companies on papers

 

[krash]

You guys decided to resurrect a 3 year old thread?

Closed.