Government considering to allow export of 8 lakh bale of cotton

22 Jul 2011 Evaluate

The Union Government is expected to allow additional export of 8 lakh bales of cotton, of the 8 lakh bales, 3 lakh bales are expected to be reserved for the Cotton Corporation of India and the rest 5 lakh bales would be lifted from private players. In order to control the domestic prices which are contributing to inflation, government is going slow on exports.

Cotton Association of India president Dhiren Sheth said, 'Prices will keep falling if further exports are now allowed. We are pushing for completely free export through open general license without quantitative restriction. International prices are stable and give Indian exporters an edge.” Last month, government had allowed the export of 10 lakh bales as compared to upper limit of 55 Bales for present season (October 2010 to September 2011). But the exporters are demanding additional exports of 10 to 20 lakh bales in the coming months.   All India Ginners Association president Bharat Vala said, 'Only after the Cotton Association Board meeting scheduled on July 25, one would be able to know how many unsold bales are in the market and what the revised estimated crop size is. On the basis of this report, we expect the Group of Ministers meeting headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to decide the quantity of export.'

In the meantime, Tirupur Exporters Association president A Sakthivel said that the industry has lost Rs 1,000 crore in apparel exports per quarter owing to the closure of over 730 bleaching and dying units in the textile hub. After the order of Madras High Court, from January these bleaching and dying units have been closed for polluting water bodies.   

'Over one lakh workers both directly and indirectly employed by the apparel industry are jobless. About 70% of the industries are outsourcing the job work to Ludhiana, Ahmedabad, Mysore, Kolkata and Mumbai but we still predict a production and export loss of 30% to 35%.' Sakthivel said whereas adding further he said that yarn worth Rs 700 crore has been lying unused in spinning mills with garment manufacturers reducing their manufacturing capacities.

The price of cotton have been reduced significantly, cotton yarn prices of 40 count yarn were reduced to Rs 160 per kg from Rs 274 in February 2011.

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