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The cotton and textile industries play a dominant role in exports; [14] cotton accounts for 55 percent of the country's export earnings, and Pakistan has a 14% share of the world's cloth exports. [2] The European Union (EU) granted Generalized System of Preferences "Plus" status to Pakistan in 2013, which has promoted textile exports to the EU.
Cotton is the largest segment of textile production. Other fibers produced include synthetic fiber, filament yarn, art silk, wool, and jute. [8] Cotton: Cotton spinning is perhaps the most important segment in the Pakistan textile industry with 521 units installed and operational. [8]
Cotton is produced in over 70 countries, with the largest producers being India, China, the United States, Brazil, and Pakistan. These countries account for the majority of global cotton output. India and China are not only major producers but also significant consumers of cotton, driven by their large textile industries.
Pakistan, which had almost no large industrial units at the time of partition in 1947, now has a fairly broad industrial base, and manufacturing accounts for about 17 percent of GDP. Cotton textile production is the single most important industry, accounting for about 19 percent of large-scale industrial employment.
Pakistan has also cut the use of dangerous pesticides dramatically. [13] Pakistan is a net food exporter, except in occasional years, when its harvest is adversely affected by droughts. Pakistan exports rice, cotton, fish, fruits (especially Oranges and Mangoes), and vegetables and imports vegetable oil, wheat, pulses and consumer foods.
In Iran , the history of cotton dates back to the Achaemenid era (5th century BC); however, there are few sources about the planting of cotton in pre-Islamic Iran. Cotton cultivation was common in Merv, Ray and Pars. In Persian poems, especially Ferdowsi's Shahname, there are references to cotton ("panbe" in Persian).
With lives and livelihoods claimed by climate-induced flooding, Pakistan cotton — and the apparel sector — is in flux. Pakistan Still Assessing Cotton Damage, Road of Recovery Ahead Skip to ...
A blue khadi kurta.. Khadi (pronounced, Khādī), derived from khaddar, [1] [2] [3] is a hand-spun and woven natural fibre cloth promoted by Mahatma Gandhi as swadeshi (self-sufficiency) for the freedom struggle of the Indian subcontinent, and the term is used throughout India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.