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Pakistan's Sindh's cotton arrival in Jul 55% of its last season total

The PCGA had to start collecting arrival data in July **** because of the heavy arrival of cotton. In ****, this process commenced in August. Usually, Pakistan’s cotton marketing season begins in August when the proper arrival of the crop starts. However, July ****, which falls under the previous season, saw an arrival of **.** lakh bales, accounting for **.** per cent of the previous season’s total arrival of **.** lakh bales. 

Last year, **.** per cent of Pakistan’s cotton crop was wiped out due to heavy rains and floods, specifically in Sindh. Pakistan’s Punjab province recorded cotton arrival of *.** lakh bales in July ****.