Record output, acreage pull cotton prices to lowest levels this year

Cotton prices have fallen to the lowest levels in the current cotton year (October 2013-September 2014), at Rs 33,000-34,000 a candy (356 kg). The fall in prices are being attributed to several factors such as zero forwards on exports, record-high acreage as well as cotton production, along with...

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India: Textile Ministry chalks out plan to improve cotton export potential

The ministry of textiles in coordination with department of agriculture has started a review of the crop related and other ancillary measures to improve the crop yield.
According to official sources, since cotton as a crop and cotton yarn has great export potential, special impetus has to be...

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Will India pip China in cotton output?

Days after the domestic traders’ body forecast India to pip China as the world’s largest cotton producer, the International Cotton Advisory Council (ICAC) has sought to put a reality check, reports Banikinkar Pattanayak in New Delhi. According to the latest ICAC report, although the two cou...

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