Bureau of Indian Standards would work out a system for traceability of cotton arriving as bales from ginning factories.

Demand from local mills and exporters should keep the prices of dry and quality cotton higher than the minimum price set by the government,...

Private procurement currently on in Telangana is below minimum support price.

Atul Asher, honorary secretary, Indian Cotton Federation, said Indian traders and mills had contracted imports of 7 lakh bales (one bale is...

Around 400 delegates from all over India will participate and discuss on real situation of cotton acreage, demand, supply equation, price s...

Cotton production in Pakistan is estimated to have fallen by 35% to around 97 lakh bales in 2015-16 season. Pakistan usually imports about ...

India is likely to import more than 15 lakh bales (each of 170 kg) of cotton as against the previous import high of 14.6 lakh bales in 2012...

Gujarat will top the list with 120 lakh bales, followed by Maharashtra at 90 lakh, Telangana (45 lakh), Karnataka (33 lakh) and Seemandhra ...

The Indian Cotton Federation has estimated a record cotton crop of 406 lakh bales (170 kg each) for the 2014-15 season.

A two-day conference on 'Indian Cotton Scenario in the Current Context 2014-15' has been organised by the Indian Cotton Federation here.

The country's cotton production this year is projected to be 376 lakh bales (170 kg each) — 15 lakh bales higher than the earlier estimates.

Prices of cotton should fall by a minimum of seven to eight per cent to be competitive.

Cotton farmers have shifted to sowing of soyabeans in some parts of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra and to corn in northern Karnataka, accor...

The International Trade Centre, is looking at an opportunity to establish direct linkage between ginner in Africa and buyers in India.

Gujarat is likely to see a production of 85 lakh bales of cotton in 2012-13 crop year despite the drought conditions.

The South India Cotton Association, to be known as Indian Cotton Federation (ICF) in future, is working on formulating a standard contract ...