India’s raw cotton exports rise to 2.8M bales in Oct-Jan

India’s raw cotton exports rise to 2.8M bales in Oct-Jan Published on February 04, 2010 at 18:00

NEW DELHI (Commodity Online): Raw cotton exports from India since the beginning of marketing year in October to January were registered a total of 2.8 million bales of 170 kilograms each, said data from the Office of the Textile Commissioner.


The country’s raw cotton exports stood at 809,970 bales during the same period a year earlier, said the data. Exporters registered contracts for shipments of 5.1 million bales of raw cotton during the period compared with 896,865 bales a year earlier, the data added.


India will likely export 5.5 million bales of cotton in the marketing year that began Oct. 1, helped by a recovery in global demand, up from 3.5 million bales a year earlier, according to the government-run Cotton Advisory Board.

Source : http://www.commodityonline.com/news/India’s-raw-cotton-exports-rise- to-28M-bales-in-Oct-Jan-25414-3-1.html