Pakistan’s cotton arrivals declined by 29.66 per cent year-on-year to 593,821 bales as of July 31, 2025—the first month of the 2025–26 marketing season.
The fall was driven by a sharp drop in Sindh, attributed to poor irrigation and crop issues among other things.
Punjab surpassed Sindh in arrivals.
This marks the second consecutive year of declining cotton output, after a brief recovery in 2023–24.