Cotton increased as traders struggled with worries over short-term supply shortages

As traders struggled with worries about short-term supply shortages, cotton prices, depicted as Cotton Candy, finished up 0.25% at 57000. The certified cotton stocks, deliverable against the contract, have decreased from their previous peak on December 1st to 6,325 bales on December 5th, indicating a tightening supply scenario. The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) predicts…

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Cotton fell as the ICAC predicted that production would probably surpass consumption worldwide

Cotton prices, as measured by Cotton candy, fell by -0.7% to settle at 56380, primarily due to a pessimistic forecast for the world cotton market. For the second year in a row, the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) predicted that worldwide cotton production would be surplus due to production exceeding consumption. In the 2023–2024 season,…

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Gains for cotton as CAI’s estimate of cotton production is reduced

Cotton candy prices saw a little increase of 0.07%, ultimately settling at 57240. This increase was mostly driven by the Cotton Association of India’s (CAI) revised downward projection of cotton production for the current 2023–2024 season. Concerns about decreased cotton output were exacerbated by the revision, which mentioned damage in Haryana caused by pink bollworm…

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Gains for cotton as CAI reduced its production forecast for the 2023–2024 season

Cottoncandy’s price of cotton saw a slight uptick of 0.11%, ultimately settling at 57160. The Cotton Association of India (CAI) revised its cotton output estimate for the current 2023/2024 season to 29.4 million bales, which is credited with the upswing. The amendment mentioned plant uprooting by farmers and infestations of pink bollworms as causes of…

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Cotton benefited when the USDA reduced American production to 12.8 million bales in 2023–2024

The cotton market’s recent events show that a variety of factors affect price performance and the dynamics of world output. Due to USDA’s October WASDE report, which decreased U.S. cotton production for 2023–2024 to 12.8 million bales, cotton candy witnessed a 1.07% increase, closing at 58,820. Texas’s lower yields were the main cause of this….

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