Observer Report
Islamabad
In order to bring qualitative reforms in its acre per yield in Pakistan, China could help Pakistan by providing technology that can improvise seed production and promote mechanization, ex vice chairman Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association (PCGA) Asim Saeed said.
While talking to Gwadar Pro, he stated that the current challenge facing the Pakistani cotton industry is that it cannot obtain the latest technology from local researchers, nor can it attract international companies to settle in. Technology in the seed, machinery, plantation and picking up process, and ginning of cotton are with low quality, which means Pakistan is still using 70 year-old technology in its ginning industry that leads to poor output. Despite the decline in cotton production in Pakistan, the number of cotton yarn exported to China has still increased in recent months. Asim Saeed explained that the CPEC has had a positive impact on it. “Raw materials of yarn are available in our country and Pakistani yarn is enjoying zero tariffs in the Chinese market.
