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Cotton crop failure in Pakistan has led to coercion for the nation to raise its imports following the hike in local prices. This has profited the world’s largest producer of the cotton fibre. The Indian Government’s cotton purchases are to plummet to 89% due to the increased exports in the 2015-16 marketing year.
B.K. Mishra, chairman and managing director of the state-run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) said that prices have been moved above the MSP (minimum support price) level in most states and farmers are selling to private players.
