Cotton Prices

Area under cotton cultivation in Tamil Nadu is likely to fall next sowing season as farmers harvesting cotton now struggle to get remunerative prices.Selvakumar, who raised cotton on 1.5 acres in Tiruchengode area, said he spent ₹35,000 and…

In March 2023, cotton textile exports crossed $1 billion; it is an encouraging sign and the hope the momentum will be maintained, says Siddhartha Rajagopal, executive director, Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council | Photo Credit: Hand…

Cotton prices have been higher for quite a while now and the government is in the process of formulating PLI 2.0 for the textile industry, Textiles Secretary Upendra Prasad Singh said adding that the next round of PLI should be for apparel…

Small-sized cotton spinning mills, which make yarn from cotton for weaving fabric, have decided stop buying cotton and close mills till prices cool down to comfortable levels. They also accused multinational companies and big traders in the…

Trade body Cotton Association of India (CAI) has reduced cotton crop production estimate for 2021-22 season beginning October 1, by 2.33% in its March estimate released today. The CAI has reduced its cotton crop estimate for the 2021-22…

<!-- -->As clothing costs rise, it will squeeze margins for apparel makers like Levi Strauss & Co.Cotton futures raced past $1 a pound for the first time in nearly a decade as adverse weather and shipping snags threaten supplies,…