Production Estimates
Cotton Association maintains India 2024-25 output estimate at 30.2 mln bales
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MUMBAI – The Cotton Association of India has maintained its estimate for the country's cotton production for 2024-25 (Oct-Sept) at 30.2 million bales (1 bale = 170 kg) from its previous estimates. The association had said earlier that there could be a variation of 5% in the cotton pressings and balance sheet numbers on account of an unpredictable monsoon pattern and other factors influencing the crop.
Cotton production in the north zone, which comprises Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, is pegged at 3.4 million bales in the 2024-25 (Oct-Sept) season. Output in the central zone, which includes Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh, is seen at 18.9 million bales in 2024-25 against 20.2 million bales the previous year, according to the Cotton Association of India. Production in the south zone comprising Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu is seen at 7.4 million bales against 7.39 million bales during the previous season, and other states will account for the rest of the output.
The association has estimated domestic demand in 2024-25 at 31.3 million bales, the same as the previous year. It has pegged exports at 1.8 million bales, against 2.84 million bales a year ago. The cotton body sees 2024-25 closing stock at 2.64 million bales against 3.02 million bales a year ago.
The opening stock for the season starting October is estimated at 3.02 million bales against 2.89 million bales a year ago, the association said. The total supply of cotton till the end of the cotton season 2024-25 is estimated at 35.7 mln bales, against 37.2 million bales in the previous season. The association has estimated imports in 2024-25 at 2.5 million bales, up from 1.52 million bales from the previous year.
The following table details the cotton balance sheet, in million bales, for 2024-25, as per the Cotton Association of India:
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2024-25 |
2023-24 |
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SUPPLY |
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Opening stock |
3.02 |
2.89 |
|
Output |
30.22 |
32.75 |
|
Imports |
2.5 |
1.52 |
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Total supply |
35.74 |
37.16 |
|
DEMAND |
||
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Domestic consumption |
31.3 |
31.3 |
|
Exports |
1.8 |
2.84 |
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Closing stock |
2.64 |
3.02 |
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Reported by Taniva Singha Roy
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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