Cotton prices dropped by 0.29% to 62640 as the market was pressured by the likelihood of increased output and decreased consumption in India. The Cotton Association of India (CAI) predicts that the country’s cotton production will rise by 19.3% to 360.2 lakh bales (each weighing 170 kg) for the crop year 2022–2023 from 302 lakh…
Due to increased demand and decreased crop output in the current season, cotton prices are predicted to reach 75,000 per candy by the middle of this year. India will soon cease being a net exporter of cotton due to its high consumption, according to Atul Ganatra, president of the Cotton Association of India. With fewer…
By mid-2023, according to the president of the Cotton Association of India (CAI), cotton prices could reach Rs 75,000 per candy. This is because there is a significant gap between the crop’s current-season production and the high demand from both domestic and foreign markets. India will soon cease to be a net exporter of cotton…
This season (October 2022–September 2023) will likely see cotton exports reach a 19-year low due to weak demand from importing nations as a result of the slowing economies in the U.S. and Europe. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projects that Indian cotton exports will fall by 500,000 bales this month to 1.8 million (U.S….
The 125 lakh hectares of natural fiber in India are planted with cotton, but only 12% of that cotton is organic. With the organic variant, though, islands of ongoing studies show promise. In order to obtain 400 tonnes of organic cotton during the 2022–2023 kharif season, 3,000 tribal farmers have gathered under the auspices of…
The agricultural produce marketing committee (APMC) yards in the growing regions in India have seen cotton arrivals start to rise to a three-year high in March. This is due to the fact that, according to traders and industry leaders, the price of natural fiber has stabilized between 60,000 and 62,000 per candy (356 kg) and…
The cotton crop for the 2022–23 season (October–September) is predicted to be a low of 313 lakh bales (each weighing 170 kg), down from the earlier expectation of 321.50 lakh bales, driven by a decline in production in the cotton-growing states of Telangana and Maharashtra. 307 lakh bales of cotton were thought to have been…
The mandatory certification of cotton bales under the Quality Control Order (QCO) has been approved by the Center, and the Ministry of Textiles expects this would increase the supply of high-quality cotton to the textile industry.According to officials, the requirement that cotton bales supplied in India have Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification is intended…
Telangana, the third-largest cotton-producing State in the nation, increased its cotton production by 33% from 18.85 lakh tonnes (lt) in 2015. This is right despite the crop’s area not significantly expanding. 19 lakh hectares (lh) of cotton were planted over the time period, a 12 percent increase from 17 lh. The state’s ability to export…
The Cotton Association of India (CAI), a trade organization, has reduced its projections for cotton crop production even further, from 330.50 lakh bales forecast last month to 321.50 lakh bales (170 kg) for the current season (October 2022–September 2023). The revised estimate coincides with the Ministry of Agriculture’s Tuesday reduction of its cotton crop forecast…
