Cotton Output
Cotton Association maintains India 2025-26 output forecast at 31.7 mln bales
This story was originally published at 14:03 IST on 10 February 2026
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MUMBAI – The Cotton Association of India has maintained its forecast for the country's cotton production for 2025-26 (Oct-Sept) at 31.7 million bales (1 bale = 170 kg). The association puts out its estimates every month on the basis of input received from members of 11 cotton growing state associations and other trade sources.
Production of cotton in the north zone, comprising Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan, is estimated at 3.05 million bales, and in the central zone, which includes Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh, it is projected at 18.70 million bales, both unchanged from last month's forecasts.
Production in the south zone, comprising Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu, is estimated at 9.40 million bales, according to the association. Odisha and other states are likely to contribute 350,000 bales and 200,000 bales, respectively, to the country's total cotton production, unchanged from last estimate.
Estimate for total supply of cotton in the 2025-26 season is also maintained at 42.76 million bales, against 39.26 million bales in the previous season. The association has maintained its forecast for imports in 2025-26 at 5.0 million bales. The cotton body sees India's cotton consumption in the year to September at 30.5 million bales, also unchanged from its previous forecast, it said in the release.
It has pegged exports at 1.5 million bales this year, unchanged from last forecast. The closing stock as on Sept. 30 is maintained at 10.8 million bales, according to the release.
| 2025-26 | 2024-25 | |
| SUPPLY | ||
|
Output |
31.70 | 31.24 |
|
Imports |
5.00 | 4.10 |
|
Total supply |
42.76 | 39.26 |
|
DEMAND |
||
|
Domestic consumption |
30.50 | 31.40 |
|
Exports |
1.50 | 1.80 |
|
Closing stock |
10.76 | 6.06 |
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IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT
Reported by Ashutosh Pati
Edited by Akul Nishant Akhoury
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