Title front - Sindh Board Of Investment, Government Of Sindh

Economy of SindhSindh’s diversified economy also comprises awell-developed agricultural base supportedby a vast irrigation network on the mightyIndus. Sindh grows a variety of field andhorticultural crops with wheat, cotton, rice andsugarcane contributing to 70% of the totalcropped area. Horticulture contributes tomore than 90% banana, 55% dates, 13%guava, 40% onion, 85% red chillies and 34%mango of entire country’s production. Sindhproduces 36% of rice, 27% of the sugarcane,25% of cotton and 15% of wheat in thecountry. In 2011-12, Sindh produced 600,000tons of Mango, 71,000 tons of Guava and350,000 tons of Dates. This provides immenseopportunity for setting up export-orientedagro-processing industry in the province.Sindh’s coastline of 352 km with thickmangrove forests is a very productiveresource, which provide for 48% of Pakistan’sfish export. Moreover, 71% of marine resources,65% of freshwater fish resource and 100% ofsaltwater fish resource of the country arelocated in Sindh.In the context of livestock, 28% buffaloes, 27%cattle, 24% sheep, 28% camels and 40%poultry of Pakistan is found in Sindh. Thelivestock and poultry headcount of 40 million(approx.) provides a strong base for dairy and at processing industry for local and export purposes.Sindh is rich in natural resources. Around 60% of the country’s oil fields and 40% gas fields are locatedhere and contribute 56% and 71% of Pakistan’s daily oil and gas production respectively. Sindh hasone of the largest coal reserves in the world (185 billion tons) in Thar, Sonda, Lakhra and Badin. Sindhalso has a huge potential for renewable energy with 180 MWs run-of-river hydel potential, 60 km wideand 18km deep wind corridor with a potential of 50,000 MWs and more than 300 days of sunshinewith 5.3 KWh/m2.