Title front - Sindh Board Of Investment, Government Of Sindh

Competitive Advantages of SindhLarge Agricultural and Aquacultural Base• Agriculture – 23% of country’s production.• Abundant land, extensive irrigation network and favorable climate.• Year-round crop production (wheat, cotton, rice, sugarcane, fruits and vegetables).• Sizeable fisheries and livestock production.Large Agricultural and Aquacultural Base• One of the largest coal reserves in the world (185 billion tons) in Thar, Sonda, Lakhra and Badin.• Huge reserves of granite of 26 billion tons in Nangarparkar, Thar desert.• 350 million tons of marble reserves in Dadu and Thatta districts.• Fairly large salt lakes in Khairpur, Benazirabad, Sanghar, Dadu, and Tharparkar.• Huge reserves of l imestone in Khairpur, Dadu, Jamshoro, Larkana, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Thatta andKarachi.• Other mineral reserves: silica sand, celestite, FulIer’s earth, fire clay, china clay,• Large reserves of minerals like dolomite, laterite, bentonite, sandstone, chalk, gypsum, and so on.