CAI estimates 29.51 million bales of cotton production in India during marketing season 2023-24

02 Nov 2023 Evaluate

The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has projected 29.51 million bales of cotton production in India during marketing season 2023-24. The cotton marketing season runs from October to September. The cotton production for 2023-24 is projected to be the lowest in the last 15 years due to less planting amid the El Nino effect. A bale of cotton amounts to 170 kilogrammes. 

The estimates for 2023-24 are down by 7.49% as compared to 31.89 million bales cotton production in the 2022-23 marketing season. The production estimates for the current year are lower than the government estimates of 31.65 million bales for 2023-24. 

Unfavorable weather conditions are expected to reduce yield by 20% across different cotton-producing states. Total area sown to cotton is also expected to lower by 5.5%. In the key cotton-producing states, CAI predicted cotton production at 8.5 million bales in Gujarat, 7.6 million bales in Maharashtra, 3 million bales in Telangana,1.85 million bales in Karnataka, 1.8 million bales in Madhya Pradesh, and 1.6 million bales in Haryana during 2023-24 season.

Opening stock is pegged at 2.89 million bales as on October 1, while cotton imports are estimated at 2.2 million bales and exports at 1.4 million bales in 2023-24 season. The domestic demand is pegged at 31.1 million bales during 2023-24 and surplus would be around 3.5 million bales.

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