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CAI retains cotton crop output at 360 lakh bales for 2017-18

10 May 2018 Evaluate

CAI has retained its estimate of the cotton crop at 360 lakh bales of 170 kgs each for the season 2017-18. The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has however revised state output figures. The output for Maharashtra and Karnataka is estimated to be higher by 2 lakh bales and 50,000 bales, respectively.

On the other hand, the production in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are now estimated lower by 1.50 lakh bales and 1 lakh bales, respectively. In Gujarat the total output was estimated at 105 lakh bales this season compared to 89 lakh bales last year.

The total cotton production was 337.25 lakh bales in 2016-17 season. The cotton marketing season begins from October 1.