Ministry of Textiles
During current cotton season 2022-23, export of cotton is expected to be 40 lakh bales
Posted On:
14 DEC 2022 5:38PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Minister of State for Textiles, Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today shared that Gujarat, Maharashtra and Telangana are the major cotton producing states which produce about 65% of cotton production in the country. Statement showing year-wise, state-wise cotton production in the country for the last two years and current year is annexed.
During current cotton season 2022-23, export of cotton is expected to be 40 lakh bales. However, the same may increase or decrease depending on the availability of surplus cotton in the country, overseas demand and price parity.
Looking at the wider interest of the entire cotton value chain, presently export of cotton is under Open General License.
Annexure
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State
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State-wise Production of Cotton (in Lakh bales)
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2020-21
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2021-22
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2022-23 (P)
|
|
Maharashtra
|
101.05
|
71.18
|
80.25
|
|
Gujarat
|
72.18
|
74.82
|
91.83
|
|
Telangana
|
57.97
|
60.67
|
53.25
|
|
Rajasthan
|
32.07
|
24.81
|
27.12
|
|
Karnataka
|
23.20
|
19.50
|
21.04
|
|
Haryana
|
18.23
|
13.16
|
17.21
|
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
16.00
|
17.08
|
17.85
|
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
13.38
|
14.20
|
15.19
|
|
Punjab
|
10.23
|
6.47
|
9.22
|
|
Odisha
|
5.51
|
6.26
|
6.82
|
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Tamil Nadu
|
2.43
|
3.60
|
1.87
|
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Others
|
0.23
|
0.28
|
0.26
|
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Total
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352.48
|
312.03
|
341.91
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P- Provisional
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