The Cotton Association of India (CAI) has revised its final estimate of cotton pressing numbers for the season 2022-23 which began from October 1, 2022. According to a CAI press release, CAI has estimated cotton pressing numbers for the 2022-23 season at 318.90 lakh bales of 170 kgs as against
Brazilian cotton export in the four weeks of September stood at 63,500 tons, 54,100 tons, 36,400 tons, and 27,000 tons respectively, which indicates a continuous downward trend. Considering that August to December are peak months for signing contracts and ship and export cotton, the downward trend is against the expectations of the Brazil cotton industry. […]
The latest USDA report on Turkey’s cotton production for the marketing year (MY) 2023-24 suggests a significant decrease in cotton output. Projections indicate a drop to 755,000 metric tonnes (MT), equivalent to 3.5 million bales, compared to the previous year. The report attributes this decline to farmers’ decision to reduce cotton planting due to falling […]
The two storms which hit Greece in September are expected to have destroyed 60-70 percent of the cotton grown in the Thessaly region, which is a major hub for cotton production. Thessaly located in central Greece accounts for 81,000 hectares of the 250,000 hectares under cotton cultivation in the whole of Greece Media reports quoted […]
A Chinese pilot farm project to grow sustainable cotton is expected to produce 170,000 tons of sustainable cotton this year. The pilot project is being run by the Cotton China Sustainable Development Program (CCSD) in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. “The project to grow sustainable cotton was first started in 2021 and till date […]
To celebrate World Cotton Day, Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) launched the ‘Bale Identification and Traceability System’ (BITS) using Blockchain Technology at a conference on cotton. CCI has launched BITS to ensure that the quality, variety, origin, and other vital parameters of cotton are transparent to both Indian and international buyers. Each cotton bale now […]
World Football Body FIFA said the World Cotton Day celebrated on October 4, has a special significance for FIFA as it continues working with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to explore how football can help small farmers, many of them women, in the Cotton 4 (plus) countries in Africa. Last year, FIFA signed a Memorandum […]
A milestone in Pakistan’s cotton sector was reached as cotton arrivals for the year 2023 exceeded expectations, demonstrating remarkable growth in cotton production. Cotton arrivals as of September 30, 2023, soared to an impressive 5.0 million bales, representing an astounding 71 percent year-on-year growth. This accomplishment comes in the backdrop of the resilience and
Brazil could be exporting a historical volume of 2.5 million tons of cotton in the Brazilian cotton year beginning from July 2023 This would represent growth of more than one million tons compared to the total of 1.396 million tons of cotton exported in the 2022-23 cotton year. This was informed by Miguel Faus, President […]
Primark, CottonConnect, and RUDI celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Primark Sustainable Cotton Programme (PSCP) in Ahmedabad. The celebration was attended by 150 women farmers associated with the programme from across the state. Primark, CottonConnect and RUDI launched the PSCP in India in 2013 with 1,251 women farmers with the aim to understand and reduce […]