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Cotton output to grow 4% in 2016-17

Cotton production in 2015-16 season stood at 338 lakh bales (of 170 kg each), Textile Commissioner Kavita Gupta told reporters…

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India’s cotton output likely to fall to 540kg in 2016

India's cotton yields have fallen from 566kg per hectare in 2014 to 504kg in 2016 which is already among the…

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India on track to double its cotton imports this year

India, the world’s largest producer of cotton this year due to winged pests and droughts is on track to double…

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Pakistan emerges as huge importer of Indian cotton

Pakistan has turned a huge importer of Indian cotton, purchasing about 25 lakh bales (a bale is 170 kgs) which…

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Cotton conference organized by ICF coming up in Coimbatore this August

The Indian Cotton Federation is organizing a two-day conference on “Indian Cotton Scenario in the Current Context 2016-2017” on August…

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India’s cotton production likely to hit seven-year low in 2016-17

India's cotton production in 2015-16 has declined to 338 lakh bales (one bale of 170 kg each), down 12.4 percent…

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India plans to launch its own cotton price Index

India, in its attempts to curb speculations across various markets and trading platforms, and bring about further transparency in the…

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CCI to start sell remaining stock of cotton to SME sector

Following directions by the textile ministry, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) will now start selling its remaining stock of…

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SIMA welcomes Union Textile Ministry’s decision to sell cotton through CCI

Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) Chairman M Senthilkumar thanked the Ministry of Textiles for actively considering the Association plea of…

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TN textile mills cut production capacity over sharp rise in cotton price

Following the sharp rise in cotton prices, small and medium textile mills in Tamil Nadu (TN) with a capacity of…

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