A buyer-seller meet for textile industries was organised by local Powerloom Seva Kendra in Burhanpur, a mid-size city in Madhya Pradesh. The meet was inaugurated by Woman and Child Development Minister Archana Chitnis.
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Gujarat, which has long been a hub for premium cotton for textile mills in Tamil Nadu, in the wake of increased adulteration with substances like comber noil and other cotton waste by Gujarat?s ginners, has drastically cut back their cotton procurement.
The Cotton Association of India (CAI), which has released its December estimate of the cotton crop for the 2016-17 season beginning from October 1, 2016, has placed the cotton crop at 341.00 lakh bales of 170 kg each.
Following a 35 per cent increase in cotton prices in 2015, Brazilian cotton prices continued to rise in 2016, in which they grew 22.6 per cent over 2015.
Nayan C Mirani of Khimji Visram & Sons, has been elected the President of Cotton Association of India (CAI) for the year 2016-17 at the meeting of the Board of Directors of CAI.
Nayan C Mirani of Khimji Visram & Sons, has been elected the President of Cotton Association of India (CAI) for the year 2016-17 at the meeting of the Board of Directors of CAI.
Globally, cotton is losing its share in textile manufacturing because of the stiff competition it faces from polyester and other manmade fibres.