Book English 2011.p65 - Ministry of Textiles

ministry of textilesMaharashtra, Madhya Pradesh andGujarat and Southern zone comprisingthe States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnatakaand Tamil Nadu. Besides these nineStates, cotton cultivation has gainedmomentum in the eastern State of Orissa.With increased acreage and advent of Btcultivation, the country has achieved cottonproduction of 5.02 million tons in cottonseason 2009-10 as against 4.93 milliontons in the previous year. The country hasonce again retained the position as thesecond largest cotton producing countryin the world, after China.The adverse agro-climatic conditions,insufficient rains in certain parts hadaffected the cotton yield during the year2009-10 and the same had been at 488kgs per hectare as against 524 kgs perhectare during cotton year 2008-09.The higher cotton production in the countryfor the fifth consecutive year has beendue to significant increase in acreageunder Bt cultivation. The State-wiseproduction of cotton during 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009-10 cotton years (October-September) are given at table 5.1.DEMAND AND SUPPLY SITUATIONIn cotton season 2009-10, with expectedsigns of improvement in the globaleconomy, the demand for raw cotton andfor finished products like yarn, fabrics andgarments, have improved bothdomestically and world over. With this, asalso with improved operating profitmargins, most of the textile mills hadbecome active in purchasing their cottonrequirements, Improvement in productionacross product lines has been supportedby revival in the demand as well asTable 5.1Year 2007-08 2008-09 2009-2010State Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield Area Prod YieldPunjab 6.04 20.00 583 5.27 17.50 564.52 5.36 14.25 488.41Haryana 4.83 15.00 563 4.56 14.00 521.93 5.07 14.75 494.58Rajasthan 3.69 9.00 416 3.02 7.50 422.19 4.44 11.00 421.17North total 14.56 44.00 536 12.85 39..00 515.95 14.87 40.00 469.94Gujarat 24.22 110.00 757 23.54 90.00 649.96 26.25 98.00 634.91Maharashtra 31.95 62.00 330 31.42 62.00 335.46 35.03 63.00 296.03Madhya Pradesh 6.30 20.00 539 6.25 18.00 489.60 6.04 15.00 381.58Central total 62.47 192.00 520 61.21 170.00 472.15 67.32 176.00 435.48Andhra Pradesh 11.33 46.00 714 13.99 53.00 644.03 14.83 52.00 644.43Karnataka 4.03 8.00 351 4.08 9.00 375.00 4.27 9.00 378.22Tamil Nadu 0.99 4.00 654 1.09 5.00 779.82 1.14 5.00 817.31South Total 16.35 58.00 621 19.16 67.00 594.47 20.24 66.00 592.70Others 0.76 1.00 425 0.58 1.50 439.66 01.00 314.81TOTAL 295.00 0.26 0.50 326.92 0.54 01.00 361.70Loose lint 12.00 12.00 - - 12.00 -GRAND TOTAL 94.14 307.00 560 94.06 290.00 524.13 103.29 295.00 488.0568