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The 2024/25 cotton area estimate is revised downward to 2 million hectares due to a decrease in cultivation in key production areas of Punjab and Sindh. With the lower area, the production forecast is lowered to 5.55 million bales.

In recent years, India’s exports have demonstrated phenomenal growth – especially to developing countries, which now account for nearly 80 percent of Indian exports.

For the fifth consecutive year, flooding is occurring in Pakistan as crops are ready for harvest.

Pakistan’s 2014/15 cotton production is forecast 500,000 480 lb bales higher at 10.0 million bales.