Cotton fell as global consumption was predicted to be lower than it was last month

Cotton candy prices saw pressure from lower global consumption predictions for the 2023–2024 season, but they ended the day up 0.76% at 55,660 thanks to low-level buying. Turkey, Pakistan, India, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan are expected to have lower consumption expectations, which accounts for the predicted drop of 1.3 million bales. Nevertheless, a rise in global…

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Cotton Slowed Down During Profit Booking

Profit booking after previous gains caused cotton prices, as represented by Cottoncandy, to somewhat drop, ending at 56160. Market attitude was influenced by the Cotton Association of India (CAI) maintaining its pressing forecast of 294.10 lakh bales for the 2023–24 season. With market arrivals, imports, and opening stocks included, the total supply was anticipated to…

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Gains for cotton result from CAI lowering its estimate to 29.4 million bales

Prices for cotton, which are shown above as “Cotton candy,” increased somewhat by 0.11% to settle at 55940. For the current 2023–2024 season, the Cotton Association of India (CAI) updated their cotton production projection to 29.4 million bales. This negative revision was ascribed to farmers uprooting plants and pink bollworm infestation damage in Haryana. In…

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A pink bollworm infestation in the crop has caused a sharp decline in cotton prices

Cotton candy futures saw a -0.35% decline, closing at 56720, mostly as a result of concerns that cotton fields were being impacted by pink bollworm infestation. The infestation dropped significantly between 2017–18 (30.62%) and 2022–2023 (10.80%). From a two-year peak of 87,770 bales on December 1st, certified cotton stockpiles available for delivery against contracts fell…

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