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Textile mills and traders in north and south India buying cotton from Gujarat forced to import cotton over the increasing adulteration, the usual rate of adulteration of 10-15 percent has climbed to 40 per cent this year. Increase in cotton adulteration is also seen in Maharashtra.
According to Arvind Pan, vice-president of the Saurashtra Ginners’ Association (SGA), ginners are losing Rs 500-700 per bale of raw cotton. Many ginners are mixing lower quality cotton with higher quality cotton to reduce their losses. Yet their returns are not good.
