Cotton Corporation of India

Index

Area, production and productivity of cotton in India
State-wise Cotton consumption by the textile mills
Cotton consumption by organized sector textile mills (Non-SSI Mills) and small scale spinning mills (SSI) units
Cotton Balance Sheet (As drawn by the Cotton Advisory Board)
Area, production and productivity of cotton (State-wise)
Support prices for varieties of kapas of Fair Average Quality (FAQ)
Annual average prices of kapas for important varieties
Year-wise/Month-wise prices of lint cotton announced by Cotton Association of India, Mumbai
Cotton imports in India - 2006-07 onwards
Cotton Exports in India 2006-07 onwards

Area, production and productivity of cotton in India from 1947-48 onwards

Year	Area In lakh hectares	Production In lakh bales of 170 kgs	Yield kgs per hectare
1947-48	44.24	33.36	132
1950-51	58.82	34.30	99
1960-61	76.10	60.12	134
1970-71	76.05	56.64	127
1980-81	78.23	78.00	169
1990-91	74.39	117.00	267
2000-01	85.76	140.00	278
2001-02	87.30	158.00	308
2002-03	76.67	136.00	302
2003-04	76.30	179.00	399
2004-05	87.86	243.00	470
2005-06	86.77	241.00	472
2006-07	91.44	280.00	521
2007-08	94.14	307.00	554
2008-09	94.06	290.00	524
2009-10	103.10	305.00	503
2010-11	111.42	339.00	517
2011-12	121.78	367.00	512
2012-13	119.78	370.00	525
2013-14	119.60	398.00	566
2014-15	128.46	386.00	513
2015-16	122.92	332.00	459
2016-17	108.26	345.00	542
2017-18	125.86	370.00	500
2018-19	126.14	333.00	449
2019-20*(P)	133.73	365.00	464
2020-21*(P)	129.57	371.00	487
*Source :Meeting of Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC) held on 25.01.2021 P-Provisional

Cotton Consumption by Organized Sector Textile Mills (Non-SSI Mills) and Small Scale Spinning Mills (SSI) Units

Qty.in Lakh Bales
Year	Non-SSI mills		SSI mills
	Avg Consumption
	Cotton Consumption	Monthly Consumption	Cotton Consumption	Monthly Consumption
2000-01	149.36	12.45	10.97	0.91
2001-02	147.00	12.25	11.70	0.98
2002-03	142.42	11.87	11.63	0.97
2003-04	150.39	12.53	13.00	1.08
2004-05	163.98	13.67	16.57	1.58
2005-06	180.00	15.00	19.00	1.67
2006-07	194.89	16.24	21.26	1.32
2007-08	195.67	16.31	22.08	1.59
2008-09	190.00	15.83	20.00	1.58
2009-10	219.00	18.25	23.00	1.92
2010-11	221.77	18.48	24.46	2.04
2011-12	223.59	18.63	22.12	1.84
2012-13	251.74	20.97	23.59	1.97
2013-14	268.03	22.34	25.20	2.10
2014-15	278.06	23.17	26.38	2.20
2015-16	270.20	22.50	27.08	2.26
2016-17	262.70	22.00	26.21	2.18
2017-18	280.11	23.33	26.18	2.18
2018-19	270.78	22.57	22.43	1.87
2019-20(P)*	233.70	19.48	20.33	1.69
2020-21(P)*	286.00	23.83	26.00	2.17
Source :Meeting of Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC)held on 25.01.2021 P* Provisional

Cotton Balance Sheet (As drawn by COCPC)

						(Quantity in lakh bales of 170kgs)
Particulars	10-11	11-12	12-13	13-14	14-15	15-16	16-17	17-18	18-19	19-20(P)*	20-21(P)*
SUPPLY
Opening stock	40.50	45.77	40.00	40.00	33.00	66.00	36.44	43.76	42.91	56.52	120.95
Crop (Production)	339.00	367.00	370.00	398.00	386.00	332.00	345.00	370.00	333.00	365.00	371.00
Imports	2.38	7.51	14.59	11.51	14.39	22.79	30.94	15.80	35.37	15.50	11.00
Total Supply	381.88	420.28	424.59	449.51	433.39	420.79	412.38	429.56	411.28	437.02	502.95
DEMAND
Mill Consumption	221.77	223.59	251.74	268.03	278.06	270.20	262.70	280.11	270.78	233.70	286.00
S.S.I Consumption	24.46	22.12	23.59	25.20	26.38	27.08	26.21	26.18	22.43	20.33	26.00
Non Textile Consumption	13.38	5.00	7.83	6.32	5.00	18.00	21.50	12.77	18.00	15.00	18.00
Total consumption	259.61	250.71	283.16	299.55	309.44	315.28	310.41	319.06	311.21	269.03	330.00
Exports	76.50	129.57	101.43	116.96	57.72	69.07	58.21	67.59	43.55	47.04	75.00
Total Demand	336.11	380.28	384.59	416.51	367.16	384.35	368.62	386.65	354.76	316.07	405.00

Closing Stock	45.77	40.00	40.00	33.00	66.23	36.44	43.76	42.91	56.52	120.95	97.95
P-Provisional
Source: Meeting of Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC) held on 25-01-2021

Area, production and productivity of cotton (state-wise) 2015-16 onwards...

Country	2015-16				2016-17				2017-18
Country	Area (in million hectares)	Prod (in million metric tons)	Yield (kgs per hectare)	Con (in million metric tons)	Area (in million hectares)	Prod (in million metric tons)	Yield (kgs per hectare)	Con (in million metric tons)	Area (in million hectares)	Prod (in million metric tons)	Yield (kgs per hectare)	Con (in million metric tons)

China (Main land)	3.41	5.20	1524	7.60	3.10	4.90	1581	8.00	3.35	5.89	1758	8.50
India	11.88	5.75	484	5.30	10.85	5.87	541	5.15	12.24	6.35	519	5.42
USA	3.27	2.81	859	0.75	3.85	3.74	972	0.77	4.49	4.56	1014	0.77
Pakistan	2.90	1.54	530	2.15	2.50	1.66	666	2.15	2.67	1.80	674	2.35
Brazil	0.96	1.29	1350	0.66	0.94	1.53	1629	0.72	1.18	2.01	1707	0.68
Uzbekistan	1.30	0.83	641	0.36	1.25	0.79	631	0.46	1.21	0.80	662	0.46
Vietnam	0.00	0.00	460	1.00	0.00	0.00	750	1.17	0.00	0.00	1000	1.51
Bangladesh	0.04	0.03	652	1.32	0.04	0.03	665	1.41	0.05	0.03	764	1.66
Others	6.90	4.03	584	5.00	7.34	4.55	620	4.71	8.02	5.25	654	5.00
World total	30.66	21.48	701	24.14	29.87	23.07	773	24.54	33.20	26.68	804	26.34

Country	2018-19				2019-20(Est.)				2020-21(Proj.)
Country	Area (in million hectares)	Prod (in million metric tons)	Yield (kgs per hectare)	Con (in million metric tons)	Area (in million hectares)	Prod (in million metric tons)	Yield (kgs per hectare)	Con (in million metric tons)	Area (in million hectares)	Prod (in million metric tons)	Yield (kgs per hectare)	Con (in million metric tons)

China (Main Land)	3.37	6.04	1794	8.25	3.30	5.80	1758	7.25	3.17	5.91	1864	8.00
India	12.61	5.66	449	5.40	13.37	6.21	464	4.45	12.96	6.31	487	5.45
USA	4.04	4.00	989	0.63	4.70	4.34	923	0.47	3.52	3.26	925	0.52
Pakistan	2.37	1.67	704	2.36	2.53	1.32	522	2.20	2.19	0.89	407	1.98
Brazil	1.62	2.78	1717	0.73	1.67	3.00	1802	0.61	1.52	2.65	1746	0.61
Uzbekistan	1.20	0.64	534	0.63	1.34	0.72	534	0.61	1.03	0.55	534	0.49
Vietnam	0.00	0.00	667	1.51	0.00	0.00	3000	1.45	0.00	0.00	1440	1.48
Bangladesh	0.05	0.04	768	1.58	0.05	0.04	772	1.37	0.05	0.04	772	1.40
Others	8.03	5.14	640	4.90	7.90	4.93	624	4.35	7.25	4.60	635	4.52
World total	33.30	25.97	780	25.98	34.86	26.35	756	22.77	31.69	24.21	764	24.46
Source: ICAC release: "Cotton This Month" dated 1st March,2021

Support prices for varieties of kapas of fair average quality:

Variety	Staple length in mm	Micronaire value	Prices in Rs.per Quintal
			Prices in Rs.per Quintal
			11-12	12-13	13-14	14-15	15-16	16-17	17-18	18-19	19-20	20-21*
Short Staple (20mm & below)
Assam Comilla	--	7.0-8.0	2300	3100	3200	3250	3300	3360	3520	4650	4755	5015
Bengal Desi	--	6.8-7.2	2300	3100	3200	3250	3300	3360	3520	4650	4755	5015
Medium staple (20.5mm-24.5mm)
Jayadhar	21.5-22.5	4.8-5.8	2550	3350	3450	3500	3550	3610	3770	4900	5005	5265
V797/G-Cot-13/G.Cot-21	21.5-23.5	4.2-6.0	2600	3400	3500	3550	3600	3660	3820	4950	5055	5315
AK/Y-1(Mah./MP)	23.5-24.5	3.4-5.5	2650	3450	3550	3600	3650	3710	3870	5000	5105	5365
PCO-2 AP/Kar/K-11(TN)
MCU-7 (TN)
SVPR-2(TN)
Medium Long Staple (25.0mm-27.0mm)
J-34 Raj	24.5-25.5	4.3-5.1	2800	3600	3700	3750	3800	3860	4020	5150	5255	5515
LRA 5166/KC-2 (TN)	26.0-26.5	3.4-4.9	2900	3700	3800	3850	3900	3960	4120	5250	5355	5615
F414/H777/J-34 Hyb	26.5-27.0	3.8-4.8	3050	3750	3850	3900	3950	4010	4170	5300	5405	5665
F414/H777/J-34 Hyb	26.5-27.0	3.8-4.8	3050	3750	3850	3900	3950	4010	4170	5300	5405	5665
Long Staple (27.5mm-32.0mm)
F414/H777/J-34 Hyb	27.5-28.5	4.0-4.8	3100	3800	3900	3950	4000	4060	4220	5350	5450	5725
H-4/H-6/MECH/RCH-2	27.5-28.5	3.5-4.7	3150	3800	3900	3950	4000	4060	4220	5350	5450	5725
H-4/H-6/MECH/RCH-2	27.5-28.5	3.5-4.7	3150	3800	3900	3950	4000	4060	4220	5350	5450	5725
Sanker-6 Gujarat/10	27.5-29.0	3.6-4.8	3150	3850	3950	4000	4050	4110	4270	5400	5500	5775
Bunny	29.5-30.5	3.5-4.3	3300	3900	4000	4050	4100	4160	4320	5450	5550	5825
Brahma	29.5-30.5	3.5-4.3	3300	3900	4000	4050	4100	4160	4320	5450	5550	5825
Extra Long Staple (32.5mm & above)
MCU-5 /Surabhi	32.5-33.5	3.2-4.3	3500	4100	4200	4250	4300	4360	4520	5650	5750	6025
DCH-32	34.0-36.0	3.0-3.5	3700	4300	4400	4450	4500	4560	4720	5850	5950	6225
DCH-32	34.0-36.0	3.0-3.5	3700	4300	4400	4450	4500	4560	4720	5850	5950	6225
Suvin	37.0-39.0	3.2-3.6	4500	5100	5200	5250	5300	5360	5520	6650	6750	7025
*as per Order No.1/20/2019-20/MSP/Cotton/ 15-43 dated 19th September, 2019 issued by the Office of the Textile Commissioner

Annual average prices of kapas for important varieties

						Prices in Rs/Qntls
Year	Bengal Desi	J-34	LRA	H-4	S-6	BB	DCH-32
1996-97	1168	1770	1786	1905	2010		2316
1997-98	1765	2103	2110	2186	2278		2991
1998-99	1816	2072	1998	2081	2141		2513
1999-00	1443	1838	1835	1909	2067		2732
2000-01	1439	2063	2095	2149	2313		3341
2001-02	1833	1828	1750	1891	1895
2002-03	1875	2218	2110	2215	2294
2003-04	1962	2591	2470	2533	2632	2433	3152
2004-05	1670	1843	1835	1997	2034	2035	2876
2005-06	1738	1999		2002	2058	2040	4111
2006-07	1868	2129		2155	2264	2128	3031
2007-08	2351	2523		2483	2613	2317	2827
2008-09	3051	2800		2850	2850	3000
2009-10	3063	3115		3116	3226	3081	3738
2010-11	4428	5571			5271	4721	4676
2011-12	4572	4255		3871	4309	3826	4613
2012-13	4538	4451		4321	4642	3900	4780
2013-14		5211		4880	5157	4582	6005
2014-15		4078		3961	4050	4041	5101
2015-16		4601		4392	4762	4369	5222
2016-17		5529		5417	5530	5103	6179
2017-18		4878		5082	4860	4701	5639
2018-19		5571		5732	5726	5577	6302
2019-20		4897		5126	5183	4749	6567
2020-21*		5651		5850	5847	5832	6768

*position as on 08.03.2021

Year-wise/Month-wise prices of lint cotton announced by the Cotton Association of India, Mumbai

													(Prices in Rs/candy)
Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Average
Bengal Desi	87-88	3,640	4,569	5,366	6,227	6,017	5,540	5,387	5,995	6,166	6,098	6,098	--	5,555
	88-89	5,025	5,100	5,150	4,900	4,650	5,500	5,550	5,550	5,700	5,800	5,950	--	5,352
	89-90	4,700	4,800	4,600	4,460	4,300	3,900	4,000	4,150	4,559	4,745	4,550	--	4,433
	90-91	4,500	4,880	4,835	4,700	4,700	5,625	6,470	6,560	6,780	7,035	7,700	--	5,799
	91-92	6,265	6,456	6,790	6,860	7,125	7,175	7,460	7,700	8,300	8,860	8,675	--	7,424
	92-93	6,900	6,150	5,950	5,850	6,133	7,092	7,575	7,400	7,925	7,950	8,050	--	6,998
	93-94	6,560	7,035	8,800	9,690	10,980	13,335	15,420	15,225	13,550	12,750	12,040	--	11,399
	94-95	10,070	11,595	14,200	14,100	14,400	15,000	15,300	14,300	13,300	13,600	12,600	--	13,497
	95-96	13,500	12,400	10,600	10,500	9,600	8,480	8,595	9,554	8,456	7,754	8,435	7,900	8,990
	96-97	8,850	8,879	8,100	7,980	7,700	8,639	8,827	9,200	10,229	9,950	11,138	11,750	9,270
	97-98	11,447	11,627	12,691	14,386	14,427	14,852	14,890	15,100	15,291	15,638	15,190	14,741	14,190
	98-99	13,173	15,004	14,720	14,513	13,575	13,283	12,710	13,317	13,765	13,792	13,504	12,958	13,693
	99-00	12,004	11,282	10,348	10,280	10,346	10,446	10,547	11,496	12,000	11,500	10,339	10,008	10,883
	00-01	10,305	11,684	11,246	10,462	10,295	10,552	11,432	12,104	12,900	12,600	12,116	12,717	11,534
	01-02	13,648	13,657	13,595	13,020	13,038	13,250	13,592	13,992	14,492	14,637	14,838	13,939	13,808
	02-03	14,282	14,645	14,033	12,207	13,300	13,483	14,347	14,425	14,448	15,055	14,033	13,705	13,997
	03-04	13,487	14,296	13,917	14,858	15,628	15,459	15,655	15,735	16,275	16,744	17,496	16,932	15,540
	04-05	14,295	14,443	12,692	12,600	11,795	11,984	12,195	13,032	13,083	12,980	12,936	12,500	12,878
	05-06	12,848	14,120	14,271	13,627	13,033	12,691	13,479	13,475	13,617	14,413	14,976	14,792	13,779
	06-07	14,705	14,621	14,405	13,923	13,975	14,600	14,845	14,750	15,000	15,904	15,952	15,600	14,857
	07-08	15,426	15,324	16,810	25,900	16,855	18,467	19,265	21,132	23,709	24,808	25,890	26,523	20,842
	08-09	25,065	26,052	26,350	25,881	24,929	22,620	22,942	24,043	23,861	23,900	23,800	23,480	24,410
	09-10	22,891	24,900	25,061	23,761	22,938	21,609	21,627	22,604	23,996	23,650	25,221	27,436	23,808
	10-11	27,965	30,759	32,492	38,374	47,880	50,742	50,405	44,717	43,642	43,496	48,833	50,648	42,496
	11-12	36,747	36,465	34,350	37,332	35,696	34,726	34,604	34,741	36,596	43,350	42,948	39,630	37,265
	12-13	39,416	40,178	36,628	34,750	34,788	36,644	34,600	35,077	38,996	40,307	40,424	39,660	37,622
	13-14	38,650	41,429	39,712	40,658	39,909	38,804	38,329	40,231	40,512	39,554	38,961	38,040	39,566
	14-15	37,660	35,064	32,848	31,419	30,600	31,374	34,081	35,400	35,492	34,392	33,764	33,208	33,775
	15-16	31,018	30,708	30,992	32,789	30,227	29,738	31,163	32,769	33,642	34,900	33,854	30,358	31,176
	16-17	28,730	28,464	28,152	31,688	34,295	36,136	35,183	36,019	36,538	37,078	36,020	34,740	33,587
	17-18	39,682	41,500	41,942	42,535	42,030	42,962	42,780	42,631	44,712	45,300	45,288	44,255	42,968
	18-19	42,671	43,065	41,300	40,754	40,488	40,621	42,674	41965	41792	41488	41121	40435	41531
	19-20	38775	38648	38332	37089	36378	36621	36796	35676	37135	37267	36926	36520	37180
	20-21	37527	39213	39362	38848	38938	38543

Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Avg
V797	87-88	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0
	88-89	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0
	89-90	5,416	5,264	5,340	5,273	4,921	4,521	4,484	4,665	4,960	4,950	5,035	--	4,984
	90-91	5,202	5,257	5,441	5,625	6,469	7,048	8,711	8,311	8,328	8,721	8,360	--	7,043
	91-92	9,600	9,227	9,460	9,771	9,413	8,723	8,293	7,836	8,471	8,930	8,568	--	8,936
	92-93	8,256	8,421	7,921	6,637	6,602	7,154	7,125	7,822	7,900	7,762	8,362	--	7,633
	93-94	8,118	8,595	9,455	10,600	11,969	14,000	15,310	14,270	13,340	13,288	12,804	--	11,977
	94-95	13,790	14,400	15,120	16,178	18,600	17,100	16,700	14,500	14,500	15,200	14,800	--	15,535
	95-96	15,400	15,800	15,326	13,600	13,000	10,747	10,854	11,236	10,576	11,050	12,013	13,255	11,634
	96-97	12,868	13,167	12,725	12,050	11,757	12,257	13,304	13,900	14,370	14,496	14,829	15,341	13,422
	97-98	15,252	15,552	16,235	16,566	15,709	15,470	15,033	14,734	15,765	15,638	15,547	15,333	15,570
	98-99	--	15,954	15,900	15,615	15,329	13,957	12,276	11,970	12,853	12,780	13,033	13,865	13,957
	99-00	13,500	12,900	11,904	11,412	12,642	12,692	12,579	13,125	13,552	13,508	13,477	14,058	12,946
	00-01	14,241	15,404	15,829	14,146	13,245	13,065	13,379	13,780	14,504	14,044	14,211	14,113	14,163
	01-02	13,516	12,281	11,815	10,788	10,013	9,814	9,932	9,800	10,480	11,822	11,817	11,000	11,090
	02-03	10,997	11,360	12,325	11,978	13,283	14,048	15,105	15,288	15,635	16,423	15,881	16,562	14,074
	03-04	17,187	17,909	17,000	16,733	16,333	15,755	15,595	15,660	16,179	16,828	16,978	17,018	16,598
	04-05	14,533	13,573	12,012	11,168	10,681	11,108	11,162	10,614	11,165	11,710	11,414	11,039	11,682
	05-06	11,435	12,220	13,788	14,114	12,543	11,239	11,621	11,450	12,088	12,922	14,357	13,746	12,627
	06-07	13,226	13,042	13,025	12,964	13,880	15,135	15,650	14,895	15,183	16,257	15,870	15,805	14,578
	07-08	15,543	15,129	--	16,779	16,745

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