The August report of USDA informs that world cotton output in 2015/16 is forecast at 109.0 million bales, 2.5 million bales below last month's projection and 10 million bales below 2014/15. The US government agriculture department ...
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In a change of course just six months after announcing an end to subsidies for its cotton farmers, Egypt has stopped all cotton imports in a bid to assist the production and marketing of the local crop, according to media reports. Egypt ...
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In the 2015/16 season, world cotton imports may recover modestly, increasing 2 per cent to 7.7 million tons with imports outside of China rising by 3 per cent to 6.1 million tons. In 2011/12, Chinese imports more than doubled from the ...
Bangladesh may emerge as an unlikely saviour for the Indian cotton sector that has been left reeling in the face of low Chinese imports. Indian cotton export is expected to fall to a six-year low as China continues to cut imports. According ...
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All India pressing figures till April 30, 2015 are approximately 336 lakh bales, while all India arrivals have dropped to approximately 40,000 bales per day. CCI has sold 6.68 lakh bales through e-auctions out of their procured stock of ...
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The Indian and Vietnamese textile and apparel industries are more complementary than competing in nature, and so cooperation would benefit both countries, the Synthetic and Rayon Textiles Export Promotion Council of India (SRTEPC) has said. ...
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Despite efforts from the leading Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) to carry out some cotton farming projects, Vietnam’s cotton production in 2014-15 is forecast less than the previous marketing year, according to ...
Outside of China, cotton stocks at the end of 2014/15 season are expected to increase for the second consecutive season from 7.5 million tons to 9.5 million tons, which is the largest volume of stocks in the last 35 years, says the ...
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Cotton imports by the Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia decreased by 2.16 per cent in 2014, according to the data from Statistics Indonesia. During the year, Indonesia imported cotton (HS Code 52) worth US$ 2.499 billion, compared to ...
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The procurement of cotton by the state run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has neared 5 billion bales of 170 kg each, during the ongoing season October 2014-September 2015, according to media reports. The CCI is actively purchasing ...
The Vietnamese envoy to India, Ton Sinh Thanh thanked the Indian government for extending a US $300 million line of credit for strengthening of commercial ties between the two countries. Addressing media on the sidelines of a meeting with ...
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Global cotton prices which have plummeted in recent months, has triggered ‘Minimum Support Price’ measures from governments of large cotton producing countries, says ICAC. In 2013/14, the Cotlook A Index averaged 91 cents/lb, ...
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“Global cotton output in 2014/15 is estimated at 119.4 million bales, which is similar from the previous season, as higher area is offset by a lower global yield,” the USDA informs in its latest October report. The agency ...
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The rains have been abundant in most of the cotton growing areas. However, in certain parts of Rajasthan and Haryana, there may have been some damages to the cotton crop, informs the latest fortnightly report from the Indian Cotton ...
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The exports of fabric and apparel from Vietnam surged by 19.4 percent year-on-year in the first eight months of 2014, according to the preliminary data released by the Customs IT & Statistics Department, General Department of Customs, ...