India's cotton exports to increase by 20% in 2017-18; Cotton Advisory Board

The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) has estimated that during the current cotton season of October, 2017 to September, 2018, the export of cotton from India is likely to increase by 20% over last year and is expected to touch 70 lakh bales by September, 2018, a release from the Press Information Bureau said.

From October, 2017 to April 2018, the total amount of cotton exported from India was 51.21 lakh bales. CAB has estimated that the cotton production for the current cotton season will be 370 lakh bales.

Domestic prices of cotton are ruling below the International cotton prices. domestic sale prices of the representative variety of S-6 cotton vis-à-vis international prices of its equivalent variety was lower by 7.18% as on July 14.