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Before modern techniques for producing ginned cotton, or as they call it in the trade – “cotton
lint” were introduced, handlooms were used at a wide scale in
the region that is now known as Pakistan and India. Although
improved lint producing gins were introduced in the industry
back since the 1750’s but the real revolutionary technologies
came up in the 1940’s with a new and advanced version of
McCarthy Roller Gin and the all new Rotobar (Knife Rotary Gin)
along with the Saw Gin.
According to SMEDA, USA, Pakistan, India and China are one of the major producers of cotton in
the world. They however, are all big consumers of cotton as well. China and India along with
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techniques as well since all its competitor countries in this field are using machines and
Pakistan is still relying on the cost and labor intensive hand picking.
Apart from this, the middle man earns a lot in the whole lint production and marketing process.
There are some 12.683 million cotton bales according to Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association
(PCGA) released consolidated statement of cotton arrivals, as on 15th March 2010 – an increase
of 12.20 percent over the same period last year. But even
all this is not properly sold to the textile mills.
institutes and many industrialists are left without proper finance to even purchase raw
materials.
The inability of the country’s power grid and production facilities has left the ginning process
very expensive and load shedding policies constantly hinder smooth production, alongwith
increasing wastes since the ginning machines have to be sanitized before restarting the process
after a break.
To go one step further, India has taken the lead. It has mainly deployed the low capacity roller
gins in its ginning sector. But it has both new technology and skilled, institutionalized workers
who produce, manage and market the lint. They have enhanced their ginning capacity overall
so as they now are a major importer of cotton to produce lint and bails. These factors have lead
to India beating the United States in becoming the second largest ginning country after China
worldwide. Pakistan however has its own
constraints and is as of yet on the 4th place.
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Now however trends are changing. With a demand for amendment in the Cotton Control Act
1966 people hope for a bright future in the ginning industry.