Pakistan has almost achieved the revised estimated cotton production target of 12.33 million bales set for the current season 2013-14. This would positively affect the country's exports, especially to EU countries, under the GSP Plus.

The government has fixed cotton production target for the season 2014-15 at 15.10 million bales from an area of 3.128 million hectares out of which Punjab will produce 10.5 million cotton bales from 2.428 million hectares. Sindh will produce 4.200 million cotton bales from 0.650 million hectares, Baluchistan will grow cotton on 0.050 million hectares and  produce 0.400 million cotton bales, and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will cover 0.00035 million hectares and  produce 0.0015 million cotton bales.

During 2013-14, cotton was planted on an area of 5.40 million acres against the target of 6 million acres, a 9 per cent decrease from the set target and a 5.2 per cent decrease from last year's area sown in Punjab, where rain and floods damaged about 1,20,000 acres of land. The decline in sowing is attributed to the lower prices of cotton seed during the last two or three years and farmers' preference for maize, sugarcane and rice crops due to monetary advantages over cotton. Further, rains delayed harvesting of potato crop in upper Punjab, which also resulted in late or less sowing of cotton crop in those areas.