Cotton Output

India cotton output seen rising 12% on bigger crop area, says trade body

India is likely to produce 34.4 million bales of cotton in the 2022/23 season that started on Oct. 1, up 12% from a year ago after farmers expanded the crop area, a trade body said on Tuesday

Firm cotton prices to keep yarn-spinning stocks in check: Analysts

Analysts expect that the inflated cotton prices will continue to haunt small-sized yarn spinners during the first half of FY23 (H1-FY23). However, a good monsoon season can paint a different story

Stalin writes to PM Modi seeking relief for beleaguered textile industry

M K Stalin says several units staring at closure, urges mandatory declaration of cotton and yarn stock, easier cash credit limits for mills to buy cotton

Strong demand may bring down closing stock of major farm goods by FY23-end

Experts feel this could keep prices of major farm commodities and products dependent on them, such as poultry and meat, at an elevated level for quite some time

Duty waiver will ease supplies, may not help cotton prices: Industry

Group representing farmers protests government dropping customs duty on imports, calls it disastrous

CCI to get Rs 17,409 cr for cotton procurement in 7 seasons to 2020-21

The government on Wednesday approved a Rs 17,408.85 crore 'committed price support' to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) for seven cotton seasons from 2014-15 to 2020-21. The decision was taken at the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The CCEA has approved incurring expenditure for reimbursing losses under MSP operations for cotton during the cotton season (October-September) 2014-15 to 2020-21. The CCEA has given its approval for committed price support of Rs 17,408.85 crore to the CCI for the cotton seasons from 2014-15 to 2020-21 (up to September 30, 2021), an official release said. In order to safeguard the interests of the cotton farmers, the government said the CCI procured cotton in large quantity during 2014-15 to 2020-21 as cotton prices touched the MSP prices. The procurement of cotton at MSP helped stabilise the cotton prices and alleviate farmer's distress. Briefing media on the Cabinet decisions, I&B Minister ...

India's cotton production to fall by 1% due to lackluster rainfall: Fitch

Fitch Solutions said on Tuesday it expects cotton production in India to fall by one per cent year-on-year to 28.3 million 480lb bales in 2021-22

Poor monsoon likely to hurt India oilseed, cotton output, says NCML

Oilseed and cotton will see a drop in production as weaker rains have reduced their sowing areas

Cotton yarn spinners may face 200-400bps margin squeeze: CRISIL Report

The report further explained that the dynamics of the spread between international and domestic prices of cotton also affects profitability

Cotton output estimated to go up by 9% at 36 million bales in 2019-20: CAB

The total cotton production in 2018-19 was 330 lakh tonne, CAB said

Cotton shortage prompts spinning mills to switch to man-made fiber

Cotton prices have jumped to Rs 13,200 per quintal now from Rs 11,800 per quintal about a month ago

Mills set to take a major hit as Jan arrivals signal poor cotton crop

Wide gap seen between initial estimates and actual output; mills may be forced to import at sky-high prices

Cotton yield in India to hit three-year low on massive crop damage

Drought in Maharashtra and Gujarat, the chief cotton growing states, delivers a huge blow to output

Cotton output may decline 11% this year on drought in major growing states

Gujarat and Maharashtra impacted most, second and third pickings may take a get impacted; cotton price may swing in coming weeks

Cotton output may fall 4.7% due to scant rainfall, pink bollworms: CAI

Indian farmers have adopted genetically-modified seeds known as Bt cotton that are resistant to bollworms

Pest infestation likely to lower cotton output by 10% across major states

India's cotton output is likely to decline by 10 per cent from the pre-harvest forecast of a bumper production of 37.7 million bales (170 kg each) for 2017-18. This is due to extensive attack of the pink bollworm in major growing states.Industry veterans gathered at the 9th Asian Textiles Conference, organised by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry on Wednesday, estimated a massive impact on output this year, due to the infestation across Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra and Karnataka. With this, India's cotton output for the ongoing season is likely to remain flat at around 34.5 million tonnes from 2016-17, despite a significant increase in sowing during the kharif season.The decline in overall output has prompted the government to reconsider its dependence on the widely used Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) seed. Central Institute for Cotton Research has developed a variety of medium and long staple varieties to withstand heat and flood, to get commercialised in the next ...

India's cotton output set to rise 9% in FY18 but fall short of record high

A 19% jump in the area planted with cotton had prompted most industry officials to estimate record production this year