-The Hindu Business Line Seeks extension in window for duty-free import shipments till December 31, 2022 Ahmedabad, June 18: Lower yield, unseasonal rains during the initial months of harvest coupled with the reduced acreage has led the cotton trade body, Cotton Association of India (CAI) to reduce its crop estimate to 315.32 lakh bales (each of 170 kg) for the season 2021-22. The latest crop estimate is about 12 per cent lower...
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Cotton Association of India asks MCX to prevent speculation in Cotton Futures
-The Hindu Business Line CAI asks officials to take "immediate steps to avoid distortions in cotton prices." Cotton trade body Cotton Association of India (CAI) has raised concerns about alleged speculative trades taking place on the Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) platform. Citing a sharply lower open interest (OI) in MCX Cotton Futures for the May 2022 contract, CAI has flagged serious distortions in cotton prices causing speculative movements and asked the Exchange to...
More »Cooking oil prices spike in India due to Russia-Ukraine crisis -B Krishna Mohan
-TelanganaToday.com Hyderabad: Prices of cooking oil are on an upwards spiral and have gained up to Rs 25 more per litre. The trade segments attribute the increase in prices to the tightening supplies of sunflower and safflower oils, both called as sun oils, to the Russia-Ukraine war. Also, palm oil imports are getting costlier due to the internal trade restrictions of Indonesia, the biggest producer of palm oil. On the other hand,...
More »As cotton prices skyrocket, textile industry raises concern -Subramani Ra Mancombu
-The Hindu Business Line Seeks CCI intervention to procure the natural fibre; traders point to global trend The Indian textile industry has begun expressing concern over soaring cotton prices in global and domestic markets, with some even raising fears that the natural fibre is being hoarded. In a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) Chairman Ravi Sam called for steps to stabilise cotton prices, particularly when the country...
More »Cotton production estimated to be lower at 360 lakh bales
-The Hindu The Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption expects production during the current season (October 2020 to September 2021) to be at 360 lakh bales, slightly lower than the 2019-2020 estimate of 365 lakh bales. COIMBATORE: At a meeting held on Friday, the committee estimated cotton exports in the current season to be at 70 lakh bales and consumption by textile mills at 288 lakh bales. The closing stock is projected...
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