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Related Keywords: Bangladesh, chinese mill, cotton bales, cotton yarn, Cotton year, decline in cotton prices, finer quality cotton, Indian cotton exporters, Indian cotton industry, international prices, long-staple, Vietnam

This cotton year, India has exported 11.5 million bales, compared with 11.4 million bales in the previous cotton year. It is estimated at the beginning of the next season, export will fall 35-40 per cent.

Currently, cotton exports from India have come to a standstill, as the global prices are on a downward trend, while Indian prices are higher than them.

Related Keywords: All India Coordinated Research Project, Amercian cotton, ginining outturn, Haryana varsity, high yeild, Indian cotton industry, new variety cotton, pest resistant

Two new varieties of cotton-- H1316 and H1353, are American cotton varieties which are high yielding as well as resistant against sucking pests and have better ginning outturn have been developed by Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University based out Hisar.
 
The Central Variety Identification/Release Committee in the All India Coordinated Research Project meeting held at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana has identified these varieties for release in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat states of the Central India.
 

Related Keywords: cotton consumption, cotton production, export estimate, global demand, Indian cotton industry

India, the world's second-biggest cotton producer with strong global demand flowing from buyers beyond China as increased its export estimate for the crop year ending September by 27 per cent on Wednesday.
 
The new estimate of 11.4 million bales is also higher than India's shipments last year and could further pressure New York cotton futures that hit their lowest in about one and half years on Tuesday. (1 Indian bale = 170 kg)
 

Related Keywords: cotton, excise duty, Indian cotton industry, quality raw material, SISPA, SME sector, synthetic fiber, Textile Commissioner, TUFS

With various problems being faced by small spinners, President, K Thirunavukkarasu of South India Spinners Association (SISPA) has urged Textile Commissioner Kiran Sony Gupta to make sure that quality raw material, cotton is made available at reasonable price level without much instability.

SISPA wants the textile ministry to maintain a stock to use ratio of 50 lakh bales of cotton stock till the end of the cotton arrival season to meet the needs of the spinning sector.

Related Keywords: Indian Cotton Federation, Indian cotton industry, Indian cotton scenario, Second all India cotton conference

The second All India Cotton Conference is being organized by Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) based on the theme ‘Indian Cotton Scenario in the Current Context 2014-15’. The second conference will be a follow up of the Federation’s maiden event held in 2012.

Related Keywords: cotton yarn, cotton yarn export, Indian cotton industry, raw cotton price, Texprocil

India ‘s cotton yarn to meet its exports target for 2013-14 in spite of seasonal flux usually seen every April and high raw cotton prices as per the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil’s) study. Cotton yarn exports are expected to be around 1,350 million kgs valued at $4.70 billion.

According to Texprocil statistics India’s cotton yarn exports in the first 10 months (April-January ) valued at $3.75 billion (around 1,082 million kgs). It is estimated that yarn exports for the entire 2013-14 would reach at $4.70 billion (around 1,350 million kgs).

Related Keywords: cotton prices, Indian cotton industry

Cotton prices have seen an increase by 10% in just about a month over buoyant market outlook. The uptrend in the prices of fibre crop is supported with good export orders as well as strong demand for domestic consumption with farmers releasing the cotton in a staggered manner, who are holding on to the crop expecting the prices to move up further.

Related Keywords: cotton price, Cotton Spinning Mills, Indian cotton industry

Good monsoon and a better crop size of cotton may help in keeping the price of cotton viable for the industry in the next few months, thereby increasing the profitability of cotton yarn spinning mills.

The spinning mills in India have good potential with the foreseeable surge in demand for cotton yarn in the export and domestic apparel and home furnishings sector.