The country will have more cotton crop in the new year but there are signs of declining total available supply

- Export of cotton from the country is likely to decrease by about 29 to 30 lakh bales in the new season: Gujarat will be at the forefront in production.

The country has seen a shift in the equation of cotton production in recent years. Years ago, cotton production in the country was limited. But then, with the advent of new varieties of seeds, the annual production of cotton increased to a record level of 200 lakh bales. Meanwhile, various figures have recently been released by the Cotton Association of India, according to which domestic cotton production in the country is likely to increase by 3 to 4 lakh bales in the 2021-2 season. The new season of Rooney has started in the country from October 2021 and this new season is to end at the end of September 203. In the country especially Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh v. The cotton crop is more grown in the states. The new crop of cotton in these three states is estimated to reach a total of 205 to 206 lakh bales. It is now estimated to increase from 20 to 21 lakh bales in the new season 2021-2.

Meanwhile, when the new season of cotton started in the country from the beginning of October 2021, the balance stock of the previous season was about 3 lakh bales and the new crop is estimated to be 20 to 21 lakh bales and the total import of cotton in the country is estimated to be 1 in 2021. Experts are estimating that there will be about 3 to 4 lakh bales in the new season of -2. The opening stock of cotton in the previous season of 2020-21 was about 12 lakh bales and the total available supply of cotton in the country in that season was about 4 lakh bales considering the imports produced in that season. In view of this, compared to 2020-21, the total available supply of cotton in the country in the new season of 2021-21 has come down from 3 lakh to 3 to 4 lakh bales, experts said. Thus, despite the possibility of growing cotton crop in the new season of 2021-21 in the country, the total available supply of cotton is likely to be less.

Meanwhile, cotton consumption in the country is expected to be around 3 to 4 lakh bales per household in the new season of 2021-2. And during the year, the total export from Rooney is expected to be around 3 lakh bales. In view of this, at the end of the new season, the total stock of cotton in the country (closing stock) is estimated to be around 3 to 4 lakh bales. Market experts are showing that. The bale is estimated to remain. In view of this, there are signs that the closing stock of cotton in the country has been declining at the end of each season for the last 2-3 years. Exports of cotton from the country, which was around 2 to 3 lakh bales in the season of 2020-21, have come down to about 3 to 4 lakh bales in the season of 2021-21. In view of this, exports are expected to decline by about 5 to 20 lakh bales in the new season. The country's cotton imports, which were around 10 lakh bales in the 2020-21 season, are now estimated to be around 10 lakh bales even in the new season 2021-2. In the new season of 2021-21 which has started from October in the country, cotton production in Punjab is about 10 to 11 lakh bales, in Haryana about 15 to 18 lakh bales, in Rajasthan about 5 to 6 lakh bales, in Gujarat about 5 to 6 lakh bales, in Maharashtra about 5 to 6 lakh bales. About 20 to 21 lakh bales in Madhya Pradesh, about 2 to 3 lakh bales in Telangana, about 15 to 18 lakh bales in Andhra Pradesh, about 3 to 4 lakh bales in Karnataka, about 10 to 11 lakh bales in Tamil Nadu, about 5 to 6 lakh bales in Orissa. Have been. In view of this, experts have indicated that the state of Gujarat is expected to remain at the forefront of cotton production in the country. Meanwhile, the consumption of cotton in the country in the new season is estimated to be around 3 lakh bales of mill consumption, about 3 lakh bales of consumption by small scale units and about 15 lakh bales of non-mill consumption.