The current season has seen cotton producers demand a minimum support price (MSP) of $12,000 per quintal, claiming that while yields have decreased, production costs have climbed dramatically. Cotton farmers in Telangana assert that the cost of production is 8,000 rupees per quintal since pesticide use and labor prices have increased. Yields have drastically decreased….
Since the beginning of this month, cotton prices have increased 39% on the domestic Indian market. However, due to rain in many regions of the nation, cotton arrivals have decreased to a 20-year low.But as arrivals pick up steam in the current season (October 2022–September 2023), trade and industry officials say prices are predicted to…
The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has advocated premiums for cotton ginners to entice them to deposit their stocks at MCX godowns and enable legitimate dealers to engage on the exchange platform in an effort to increase liquidity for the MCX cotton contracts. The MCX new product committee accepted the CAI proposal at its meeting…
The production for the October-September cotton year 2022–23 is anticipated to increase by about 15%, provided the weather remains favourable until October, providing relief to the entire cotton value chain, at a time when the central government is concerned about the closure of 50% of the country’s spinning mills due to cotton shortages. India’s cotton…
The government announced on Wednesday that it would aim to produce 328 million tonnes (mt) of food grains during the crop year 2022–2023 (July–June), which is 4% more than the previous year’s record output of 315.7 mt. In the crop year 2022–2023, rabi crops like wheat, mustard, and chana (gram) would contribute 164.8 mt to…
The upcoming festival season and export opportunities emerging from the crisis-ridden textile sectors in neighboring countries may help the textile industry in India battle the declining global demand. “Textile industries of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are in complete boredom both on account of political instability and their complete reliance on exports for survival. This is a…
Cotton imports by a few spinning mills in Tamil Nadu are likely to result in trade discussions with the buyers yet to get delivery of consignments over the last few months. Some of the mills which had to receive these imported cargoes in March and April have not got any response from the sellers over…
With demand reducing amid a slowdown in the global economy, cotton prices in the `international market are set to come under pressure, experts have said. “There is no demand for yarn from the spinning mills. They are losing about ₹30-40 a kg in yarn sales. But stocks are limited with them. This is stopping the…
Cotton prices in the international market have increased to almost a 11-year high on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), but shareholders in the industry say the raise in natural fibre prices ignores fundamentals. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), global production is likely to be higher from earlier impressions this season to June, while…
Spinning mills, mostly in South India, have started to sign deals to import cotton following the Centre’s decision to allow the natural fibre’s shipments into the country duty free until September 30. Mills in Tamil Nadu have started placing orders for imported cotton. As a plan, mills were placed orders for 3040 days of production…
