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Textile mills in the State of Tamil Nadu to reduce the cost of transportation for importing cotton from Gujarat have started to use the shipping route, instead of road. The volume this year increased to 2,600 containers till January as against 1,200 containers of cotton transported by sea last year from Gujarat to Tamil. It is expected to touch about 4,400 containers by the end of this month.
