Textile exporters urge govt to waive cotton import dutyIndian textile and garment exporters are calling for the removal of an 11% import duty on cotton. Domestic cotton prices have surged, impac...
04 Apr, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
Engage with MCX, SEBI to find solutions on ‘contract’ front: Piyush Goyal to textile groupAddressing the need of specific delivery based contract and open position limits on MCX, Goyal directed the ministry, Textile Commissioner,...
15 Jul, 2022, 10.34 PM IST
Import duty hike may not hamper India-Pak cotton tradeTraders assuage the possibility of reciprocal hike in duty by Pakistan.
18 Feb, 2019, 08.16 AM IST
Farmer producer organisation from Gujarat makes first cotton deposit on MCXMCX is actively engaged in training farmers, handholding the Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and connecting them with the Exchange pla...
18 Jan, 2019, 04.05 PM IST
Mills cut capacity on fall in cotton arrivalsHalf of the cotton comes from Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, while the remainder is from central and south India, said traders.
25 Oct, 2018, 07.56 AM IST
Pakistan lifts ban on Indian cotton importsEarlier, the Department of Plant Protection (DPP) of the Ministry of National Food Security and Research put cotton imports from India on h...
08 Dec, 2016, 03.31 PM IST
It's raining raw cotton as trade slumpsDuring the harvesting season, cotton worth Rs 5,400 crore is estimated to cross the border, of which about half the trade takes place in ca...
01 Dec, 2016, 01.24 PM IST
Maharashtra cotton traders resolve to develop Mahacot brand of cottonCotton traders from second largest producer Maharashtra have decided to strengthen their efforts to build the Mahacot brand of local cotton.
21 Sep, 2013, 03.11 PM IST
Indian cotton value-chain to form strategy to make cotton No 1The cotton capital of India, to devise strategies to make Indian cotton regain its leadership in the international market.
25 Mar, 2013, 06.34 PM IST
- Cotton prices may stay firm as CCI begins purchases
International cotton merchants such as Olam, Louis Dreyfus, Cargill, Paul Reinhart and Glencore are expected to start purchases in the next...
18 Oct, 2012, 11.31 AM IST
- Ginners continue their strike over cotton export ban
Terming as "election-manifesto" Union Government's notification of lifting a ban on cotton export, the ginning mill owners in Saurashtra co...
13 Mar, 2012, 07.18 PM IST
- Cotton export ban: Guj ginning mills to observe bandh
As many as one thousand ginning mills in Gujarat will observe a two-day bandh from tomorrow in protest against the Union government's decis...
06 Mar, 2012, 03.01 PM IST
- Gujarat sees 4% drop in cotton arrivals in 2010-11
Late rain has taken its toll on crop size and that’s the reason for less arrivals locally.
10 Jun, 2011, 11.11 PM IST
- Cotton ginners calls off 10 days strike
Even as cotton prices in Punjab remained stable at Rs 2710 to Rs 2745 per maund (one maund=37.324 kg), cotton ginners called off a ten day ...
11 Jan, 2010, 07.30 PM IST
- Cotton ginners on two-day strike
Over 4,000 ginning units across the country will go on a two-day strike on Tuesday in protest against the “high” minimum support price (MSP...
25 Nov, 2008, 12.52 AM IST
- Exclusive SEZ for Shankar 6 cotton
Two Gujarat-based entrepreneurs are planning to set up a commodity-specific special economic zone - one of its kind in the country.
07 Sep, 2007, 12.54 AM IST
- ICMF blue print to up revenue by Rs 881cr
COTTON millers on Friday released a blue print suggesting restructuring of India’s textile taxation structure which could increase excise r...
15 Dec, 2001, 12.01 AM IST