chapter viii wool & wollen textiles industry - Ministry of Textiles

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yielding long staple varieties from
the medium staple varieties. The
main cotton producing States are
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab,
Haryana, Rajasthan, Karnataka,
Tamil Nadu.
Domestic consumption of cotton
fibre has witnessed sustained
growth since 2003-04 onwards
due to growing demand for Indian
textiles and subsequently, there has
been considerable expansion and
modernization of textile mills.
● Even though the Indian cotton
consumption has increased with
rapid pace in the last few years,
still it has not kept pace with the
growth in domestic cotton production
resulting into surplus availability
for exports. The consumption level
including consumption of spinning
units in the Small Scale Sector
and non-mill consumption during
2011-12 has been 250.00 lakh bales
as against 253.00 lakh bales in the
previous year.
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The projected slowdown in global
economic growth in 2011 and 2012
is expected to affect the cotton
consumption of textile products and
therefore demand for cotton fibre
domestically and internationally.
Cotton consumption is likely to be
influenced by the cotton farmers in
the previous cotton season. As a
result, the consumption is estimated
at 250.00 lakh bales in 2011-12 as
against 253.00 lakh bales in previous
year.
Data on area, production, yield and
consumption of cotton is given at table 5.1.
Export of cotton
During cotton season 2010-11, with
increased cotton production for the fourth
consecutive year, there was abundant
availability of cotton facilitating cotton
exports from the country. Further, during
the season, the prices of Indian cotton
remained competitive and attractive to
the overseas buyers as compared to the
prices of other equivalent foreign growths.
With improvement in quality of Indian
Table 5.1
AREA, PRODUCTION, YIELD AND CONSUMPTION OF COTTON IN LAST FIVE
YEARS INCLUDING CURRENT YEAR 2011-12.
Cotton Year
Area in lakh
hectares
Cotton
Production in
lakh bales of 170
kgs
Cotton Yield
in Kgs/Hectare
Cotton Consumption
in lakh bales of 170
kgs(Mill+Non-mill+Small
mill)
2006-07 91.44 280.00 521 232.03
2007-08 94.14 307.00 554 236.88
2008-09 94.06 290.00 524 229.00
2009-10 103.10 305.00 503 259.00
2010-11 111.42 325.00 496 253.00
2011-12* 121.91 356.00 496 250.00
Source: Cotton Advisory Board
*As per CAB meeting held on 15 th Nov 2011
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