The Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) met in
Mumbai on July 30, 2010, with the Textile
Commissioner, Shri A.B. Joshi in the Chair. It
was well attended with representatives of all the
segments of the cotton industry participating and
leading to lively discussion.
The Board has revised its previous estimate of
both area and production of cotton during 2009-10 made in April 2010. The current estimate has
placed the area at 103.29 lakh hectares (vs 101.71
lakh hectares) and production at 295 lakh bales
(vs 292 lakh bales). It has also raised its estimate
of exports from the previous 80 lakh bales to 83
lakh bales now, while the estimate of imports has
been retained at 7 lakh bales.
The State-wise details of the estimates of area and
production are given in the following table.
Area in lakh hectares
Production in lakh bales
| State |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
Area |
Production |
Area |
Production |
| Punjab |
5.27 |
17.50 |
5.36 |
14.25 |
| Haryana |
4.56 |
14.00 |
5.07 |
14.75 |
| Rajasthan |
3.02 |
7.50 |
4.44 |
11.00 |
| North Zone |
12.85 |
39.00 |
14.87 |
40.00 |
| Gujarat |
23.54 |
90.00 |
26.25 |
98.00 |
| Maharashtra |
31.42 |
62.00 |
35.03 |
63.00 |
| Madhya Pradesh |
6.25 |
18.00 |
6.04 |
15.00 |
| Central Zone |
61.21 |
170.00 |
67.32 |
176.00 |
| Andhra Pradesh |
13.99 |
53.00 |
14.83 |
52.00 |
| Karnataka |
4.08 |
9.00 |
4.27 |
9.00 |
| Tamil Nadu |
1.09 |
5.00 |
1.14 |
5.00 |
| South Zone |
19.16 |
67.00 |
20.24 |
66.00 |
| Others |
0.84 |
2.00 |
0.86 |
1.00 |
| Total |
94.06 |
278.00 |
103.29 |
283.00 |
| Loose Cotton |
- |
12.00 |
- |
12.00 |
| All India |
|
290.00 |
|
295.00 |
The increase made in production is mostly in the
case of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, while
the production estimate has been marginally
lowered in the case of Karnataka. As may be
expected, there was considerable discussion on
the national level of production with the
representatives of different segments indicating their own estimates which ranged from 223.2
lakh bales to 307 lakh bales. The CAB finally
settled on the present estimate of 295 lakh bales.
In the case of area, the increase has been mostly
in the case of Andhra Pradesh whose area
estimate has been raised from the previous 13.19
lakh hectares to 14.83 lakh hectares now. The
CAB is expected to meet again in the near future
to update the estimates.
As for foreign trade, the CAB has retained the
estimate at the previous figure of 7 lakh bales
while exports have been estimated to go up from
the previous 80 lakh bales to 83 lakh bales now.
This has been done on the basis of the latest
situation on the export front. The estimates of
mill consumption and consumption by small
scale units have been retained at 207 lakh bales
and 23 lakh bales respectively. The Cotton
Balance Sheet as now revised by the CAB is given
in the following table.
(in lakh bales)
| |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
| Supply |
|
|
| Opening Stock |
35.50 |
71.50 |
| Production |
290.00 |
295.00 |
| Imports |
10.00 |
7.00 |
Total Supply |
335.50 |
373.50 |
| Demand |
|
|
| Mill Consumption |
190.00 |
207.00 |
| SSI Consumption |
20.00 |
23.00 |
| Non-Mill Consumption |
19.00 |
20.00 |
| Exports |
35.00 |
83.00 |
Total Off-take |
264.00 |
333.00 |
| Carry-over Stock |
71.50 |
40.50 |
The estimated closing stock, same as the one
given last time, is 31 lakh bales lower than the
opening stock.
(Source : Cotton Advisory Board)
