Cotton Corporation of India

Area, production and productivity of cotton in India from 1947-48 onwards

Year	Area In lakh hectares	Production In lakh bales of 170 kgs	Yield kgs per hectare
1947-48	44.24	33.36	132
1950-51	58.82	34.30	99
1960-61	76.10	60.12	134
1970-71	76.05	56.64	127
1980-81	78.23	78.00	169
1990-91	74.39	117.00	267
2000-01	85.76	140.00	278
2001-02	87.30	158.00	308
2002-03	76.67	136.00	302
2003-04	76.30	179.00	399
2004-05	87.86	243.00	470
2005-06	86.77	241.00	472
2006-07	91.44	280.00	521
2007-08	94.14	307.00	554
2008-09	94.06	290.00	524
2009-10	103.10	305.00	503
2010-11	111.42	339.00	517
2011-12	121.78	367.00	512
2012-13	119.78	370.00	525
2013-14	119.60	398.00	566
2014-15	128.46	386.00	513
2015-16	122.92	332.00	459
2016-17	108.26	345.00	542
2017-18	125.86	370.00	500
2018-19	126.14	333.00	449
2019-20	134.77	365.00	460
2020-21	132.85	352.48	451
2021-22	123.71	311.17	428
2022-23	129.27	336.62	443
2023-24	126.88	325.22	436
2024-25	114.84	297.24	440
2025-26*(P)	110.86	292.15	448

Cotton Balance Sheet (As drawn by COCPC)

Particulars	14-15	15-16	16-17	17-18	18-19	19-20	20-21	21-22	22-23	23-24	24-25	25-26(P)*
SUPPLY
Opening stock	33.00	66.00	36.44	43.76	42.91	56.52	120.79	71.84	39.48	61.16	47.10	47.10
Crop (Production)	386.00	332.00	345.00	370.00	333.00	365.00	352.48	312.03	336.60	325.22	297.24	292.15
Imports	14.39	22.79	30.94	15.80	35.37	15.50	11.03	18.00	14.60	15.20	41.40	40.00
Total Supply	433.39	420.79	412.38	429.56	411.28	437.02	484.30	401.87	390.68	401.58	386.11	377.65
DEMAND
Total consumption (including MSME, non-MSME & non-textile)	309.44	315.28	310.41	319.06	311.21	269.19	334.87	322.41	313.63	325.75	322.54	322.00
Exports	57.72	69.07	58.21	67.59	43.55	47.04	77.59	42.25	15.89	28.36	18.07	15.00
Total Demand	367.16	384.35	368.62	386.65	354.76	316.23	412.46	364.66	329.52	354.11	340.61	337.00

Closing Stock	66.23	36.44	43.76	42.91	56.52	120.79	71.84	39.48	61.16	47.47	45.50	40.65
Source: Meeting of Committee on cotton production and consumption(CoCPC) held on 08.12.2025

Area, production and productivity of cotton (state-wise) 2019-20 onwards

Year	2020-21			2021-22			2022-23
State	Area	Prod	Yield	Area	Prod	Yield	Area	Prod	Yield
Punjab	2.52	10.23	690	2.51	6.46	438	2.49	4.44	303
Haryana	7.40	18.23	419	6.36	13.16	352	5.75	10.01	296
Rajasthan	8.07	32.07	676	7.56	24.81	558	8.15	27.74	579
North total	17.99	60.53	572	16.43	44.43	460	16.39	42.19	438
Gujarat	22.70	72.18	541	22.84	75.09	559	24.84	87.95	602
Maharashtra	45.44	101.05	378	44.10	82.49	318	41.82	83.16	338
Madhya Pradesh	5.88	13.38	387	5.60	14.20	431	5.95	14.33	409
Central total	74.02	186.61	429	72.54	171.78	403	72.61	185.44	434
Telangana	23.58	57.97	418	18.89	48.78	439	19.73	57.45	495
Andhra Pradesh	6.06	16.00	449	5.54	17.08	524	7.04	15.41	372
Karnataka	8.20	23.20	481	6.74	19.55	493	9.49	25.68	460
Tamil Nadu	1.12	2.43	369	1.48	3.02	347	1.73	3.19	313
South Total	38.96	99.60	435	32.65	88.43	460	37.99	101.73	455
Orissa	1.71	5.51	548	1.93	6.26	551	2.16	7.05	555
Others	0.17	0.23	230	0.16	0.27	287	0.12	0.19	269
GR TOTAL	134.77	365.00	460	119.10	312.03	445	129.27	336.60	443

2023-24			2024-25			2025-26(P)*
Area	Prod	Yield	Area	Prod	Yield	Area	Prod	Yield
2.14	6.29	500	1.60	4.14	440	1.19	2.88	441
5.78	15.09	444	3.98	11.77	503	3.94	9.75	421
10.04	26.22	444	6.26	17.86	484	6.65	19.71	504
17.99	47.60	451	11.85	33.77	484	11.78	32.34	467
26.83	90.57	574	23.72	71.57	513	21.40	70.99	564
42.34	80.45	323	41.23	73.73	304	38.36	72.66	322
6.30	18.01	486	5.37	15.35	486	5.58	17.10	521
75.47	189.03	426	70.32	160.65	388	65.34	160.75	418
18.18	50.80	475	18.12	57.89	543	18.35	54.40	504
4.22	7.37	297	4.04	11.31	476	4.47	9.39	357
7.43	20.59	471	6.78	22.73	570	7.81	25.54	556
1.30	2.52	330	1.02	2.11	352	0.43	0.76	300
31.13	81.28	444	29.96	94.04	534	31.06	90.09	493
2.16	7.05	555	2.39	8.23	586	2.39	8.42	599
0.16	0.26	276	0.32	0.55	292	0.29	0.55	233
126.88	325.22	436	114.84	297.24	440	110.86	292.15	448

*Provisional
Source: Meeting of Committee on Cotton Production and Consumption (COCPC) held on 08.12.2025 .

Support prices for varieties of kapas of fair average quality

Official Support Prices announced by Government of India
Variety	Staple length in mm	Micronaire value	Prices in Rs.per Quintal
			Prices in Rs.per Quintal
			11-12	12-13	13-14	14-15	15-16	16-17	17-18	18-19	19-20	20-21	21-22	22-23	23-24*
Short Staple (20mm & below)
Assam Comilla	--	7.0-8.0	2300	3100	3200	3250	3300	3360	3520	4650	4755	5015	5226	5580	6120
Bengal Desi	--	6.8-7.2	2300	3100	3200	3250	3300	3360	3520	4650	4755	5015	5226	5580	6120
Medium staple (20.5mm-24.5mm)
Jayadhar	21.5-22.5	4.8-5.8	2550	3350	3450	3500	3550	3610	3770	4900	5005	5265	5476	5830	6370
V797/G-Cot-13/G.Cot-21	21.5-23.5	4.2-6.0	2600	3400	3500	3550	3600	3660	3820	4950	5055	5315	5526	5880	6420
AK/Y-1(Mah./MP)	23.5-24.5	3.4-5.5	2650	3450	3550	3600	3650	3710	3870	5000	5105	5365	5576	5930	6470
PCO-2 AP/Kar/K-11(TN)
MCU-7 (TN)
SVPR-2(TN)
Medium Long Staple (25.0mm-27.0mm)
J-34 Raj	24.5-25.5	4.3-5.1	2800	3600	3700	3750	3800	3860	4020	5150	5255	5515	5726	6080	6620
LRA 5166/KC-2 (TN)	26.0-26.5	3.4-4.9	2900	3700	3800	3850	3900	3960	4120	5250	5355	5615	5826	6180	6720
F414/H777/J-34 Hyb	26.5-27.0	3.8-4.8	3050	3750	3850	3900	3950	4010	4170	5300	5405	5665	5876	6230	6770
F414/H777/J-34 Hyb	26.5-27.0	3.8-4.8	3050	3750	3850	3900	3950	4010	4170	5300	5405	5665	5876	6230	6770
Long Staple (27.5mm-32.0mm)
F414/H777/J-34 Hyb	27.5-28.5	4.0-4.8	3100	3800	3900	3950	4000	4060	4220	5350	5450	5725	5925	6280	6920
H-4/H-6/MECH/RCH-2	27.5-28.5	3.5-4.7	3150	3800	3900	3950	4000	4060	4220	5350	5450	5725	5925	6280	6920
H-4/H-6/MECH/RCH-2	27.5-28.5	3.5-4.7	3150	3800	3900	3950	4000	4060	4220	5350	5450	5725	5925	6280	6920
Sanker-6 Gujarat/10	27.5-29.0	3.6-4.8	3150	3850	3950	4000	4050	4110	4270	5400	5500	5775	5975	6330	6970
Bunny	29.5-30.5	3.5-4.3	3300	3900	4000	4050	4100	4160	4320	5450	5550	5825	6025	6380	7020
Brahma	29.5-30.5	3.5-4.3	3300	3900	4000	4050	4100	4160	4320	5450	5550	5825	6025	6380	7020
Extra Long Staple (32.5mm & above)
MCU-5 /Surabhi	32.5-33.5	3.2-4.3	3500	4100	4200	4250	4300	4360	4520	5650	5750	6025	6225	6580	7220
DCH-32	34.0-36.0	3.0-3.5	3700	4300	4400	4450	4500	4560	4720	5850	5950	6225	6425	6780	7420
DCH-32	34.0-36.0	3.0-3.5	3700	4300	4400	4450	4500	4560	4720	5850	5950	6225	6425	6780	7420
Suvin	37.0-39.0	3.2-3.6	4500	5100	5200	5250	5300	5360	5520	6650	6750	7025	7225	7580	8220

Source:- *As per Order No.1/20/2024-25/MSP/Cotton/38-91 dated 29th September, 2024 issued by the Office of the Textile Commissioner.

Annual average prices of kapas for important varieties

Prices in Rs/Qntls
Year	Bengal Desi	J-34	LRA	H-4	S-6	BB	DCH-32
1996-97	1168	1770	1786	1905	2010		2316
1997-98	1765	2103	2110	2186	2278		2991
1998-99	1816	2072	1998	2081	2141		2513
1999-00	1443	1838	1835	1909	2067		2732
2000-01	1439	2063	2095	2149	2313		3341
2001-02	1833	1828	1750	1891	1895
2002-03	1875	2218	2110	2215	2294
2003-04	1962	2591	2470	2533	2632	2433	3152
2004-05	1670	1843	1835	1997	2034	2035	2876
2005-06	1738	1999		2002	2058	2040	4111
2006-07	1868	2129		2155	2264	2128	3031
2007-08	2351	2523		2483	2613	2317	2827
2008-09	3051	2800		2850	2850	3000
2009-10	3063	3115		3116	3226	3081	3738
2010-11	4428	5571			5271	4721	4676
2011-12	4572	4255		3871	4309	3826	4613
2012-13	4538	4451		4321	4642	3900	4780
2013-14		5211		4880	5157	4582	6005
2014-15		4078		3961	4050	4041	5101
2015-16		4601		4392	4762	4369	5222
2016-17		5529		5417	5530	5103	6179
2017-18		4878		5082	4860	4701	5639
2018-19		5571		5732	5726	5577	6302
2019-20		4897		5126	5183	4749	6567
2020-21		5728		5914	6454	5792	6768
2021-22		8540		8850	9460	9400	11750
2022-23		7810		7630	7820	7300	9010
2023-24		7060		7120	7300	7160	9220
2024-255		7510		7620	7570	7540	9870
2025-26*		8010		8100	8090	8110	9080

*position as on 28.02.2026

Year-wise/Month-wise prices of lint cotton announced by the Cotton Association of India, Mumbai

(Prices in Rs/candy)

Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Average
Bengal Desi	87-88	3,640	4,569	5,366	6,227	6,017	5,540	5,387	5,995	6,166	6,098	6,098	--	5,555
	88-89	5,025	5,100	5,150	4,900	4,650	5,500	5,550	5,550	5,700	5,800	5,950	--	5,352
	89-90	4,700	4,800	4,600	4,460	4,300	3,900	4,000	4,150	4,559	4,745	4,550	--	4,433
	90-91	4,500	4,880	4,835	4,700	4,700	5,625	6,470	6,560	6,780	7,035	7,700	--	5,799
	91-92	6,265	6,456	6,790	6,860	7,125	7,175	7,460	7,700	8,300	8,860	8,675	--	7,424
	92-93	6,900	6,150	5,950	5,850	6,133	7,092	7,575	7,400	7,925	7,950	8,050	--	6,998
	93-94	6,560	7,035	8,800	9,690	10,980	13,335	15,420	15,225	13,550	12,750	12,040	--	11,399
	94-95	10,070	11,595	14,200	14,100	14,400	15,000	15,300	14,300	13,300	13,600	12,600	--	13,497
	95-96	13,500	12,400	10,600	10,500	9,600	8,480	8,595	9,554	8,456	7,754	8,435	7,900	8,990
	96-97	8,850	8,879	8,100	7,980	7,700	8,639	8,827	9,200	10,229	9,950	11,138	11,750	9,270
	97-98	11,447	11,627	12,691	14,386	14,427	14,852	14,890	15,100	15,291	15,638	15,190	14,741	14,190
	98-99	13,173	15,004	14,720	14,513	13,575	13,283	12,710	13,317	13,765	13,792	13,504	12,958	13,693
	99-00	12,004	11,282	10,348	10,280	10,346	10,446	10,547	11,496	12,000	11,500	10,339	10,008	10,883
	00-01	10,305	11,684	11,246	10,462	10,295	10,552	11,432	12,104	12,900	12,600	12,116	12,717	11,534
	01-02	13,648	13,657	13,595	13,020	13,038	13,250	13,592	13,992	14,492	14,637	14,838	13,939	13,808
	02-03	14,282	14,645	14,033	12,207	13,300	13,483	14,347	14,425	14,448	15,055	14,033	13,705	13,997
	03-04	13,487	14,296	13,917	14,858	15,628	15,459	15,655	15,735	16,275	16,744	17,496	16,932	15,540
	04-05	14,295	14,443	12,692	12,600	11,795	11,984	12,195	13,032	13,083	12,980	12,936	12,500	12,878
	05-06	12,848	14,120	14,271	13,627	13,033	12,691	13,479	13,475	13,617	14,413	14,976	14,792	13,779
	06-07	14,705	14,621	14,405	13,923	13,975	14,600	14,845	14,750	15,000	15,904	15,952	15,600	14,857
	07-08	15,426	15,324	16,810	25,900	16,855	18,467	19,265	21,132	23,709	24,808	25,890	26,523	20,842
	08-09	25,065	26,052	26,350	25,881	24,929	22,620	22,942	24,043	23,861	23,900	23,800	23,480	24,410
	09-10	22,891	24,900	25,061	23,761	22,938	21,609	21,627	22,604	23,996	23,650	25,221	27,436	23,808
	10-11	27,965	30,759	32,492	38,374	47,880	50,742	50,405	44,717	43,642	43,496	48,833	50,648	42,496
	11-12	36,747	36,465	34,350	37,332	35,696	34,726	34,604	34,741	36,596	43,350	42,948	39,630	37,265
	12-13	39,416	40,178	36,628	34,750	34,788	36,644	34,600	35,077	38,996	40,307	40,424	39,660	37,622
	13-14	38,650	41,429	39,712	40,658	39,909	38,804	38,329	40,231	40,512	39,554	38,961	38,040	39,566
	14-15	37,660	35,064	32,848	31,419	30,600	31,374	34,081	35,400	35,492	34,392	33,764	33,208	33,775
	15-16	31,018	30,708	30,992	32,789	30,227	29,738	31,163	32,769	33,642	34,900	33,854	30,358	31,176
	16-17	28,730	28,464	28,152	31,688	34,295	36,136	35,183	36,019	36,538	37,078	36,020	34,740	33,587
	17-18	39,682	41,500	41,942	42,535	42,030	42,962	42,780	42,631	44,712	45,300	45,288	44,255	42,968
	18-19	42,671	43,065	41,300	40,754	40,488	40,621	42,674	41965	41792	41488	41121	40435	41531
	19-20	38775	38648	38332	37089	36378	36621	36796	35676	37135	37267	36926	36520	37180
	20-21	37527	39213	39362	38848	38938	38352	38991	39312	41132	42489	43740	42029	39994
	21-22	44671	51161	46042	48540	55083	55016	59452	70965	69965	61954	64750	56964	57054
	22-23	53236	61760	61169	64679	64400	65342	67778	65052	64058	63442	60687	57152	62396
	23-24	53383	51917	48780	47059	46208	45414	45445	45170	46648	50904	49223	49148	48275
	24-25	49129	51995	51717	51904	49015	45461	45552	46646	47826	49416	49114	47596	48781
	25-26*	47219	44461	43108	45238	44510								44907

Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Avg
V797	87-88	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0
	88-89	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0
	89-90	5,416	5,264	5,340	5,273	4,921	4,521	4,484	4,665	4,960	4,950	5,035	--	4,984
	90-91	5,202	5,257	5,441	5,625	6,469	7,048	8,711	8,311	8,328	8,721	8,360	--	7,043
	91-92	9,600	9,227	9,460	9,771	9,413	8,723	8,293	7,836	8,471	8,930	8,568	--	8,936
	92-93	8,256	8,421	7,921	6,637	6,602	7,154	7,125	7,822	7,900	7,762	8,362	--	7,633
	93-94	8,118	8,595	9,455	10,600	11,969	14,000	15,310	14,270	13,340	13,288	12,804	--	11,977
	94-95	13,790	14,400	15,120	16,178	18,600	17,100	16,700	14,500	14,500	15,200	14,800	--	15,535
	95-96	15,400	15,800	15,326	13,600	13,000	10,747	10,854	11,236	10,576	11,050	12,013	13,255	11,634
	96-97	12,868	13,167	12,725	12,050	11,757	12,257	13,304	13,900	14,370	14,496	14,829	15,341	13,422
	97-98	15,252	15,552	16,235	16,566	15,709	15,470	15,033	14,734	15,765	15,638	15,547	15,333	15,570
	98-99	--	15,954	15,900	15,615	15,329	13,957	12,276	11,970	12,853	12,780	13,033	13,865	13,957
	99-00	13,500	12,900	11,904	11,412	12,642	12,692	12,579	13,125	13,552	13,508	13,477	14,058	12,946
	00-01	14,241	15,404	15,829	14,146	13,245	13,065	13,379	13,780	14,504	14,044	14,211	14,113	14,163
	01-02	13,516	12,281	11,815	10,788	10,013	9,814	9,932	9,800	10,480	11,822	11,817	11,000	11,090
	02-03	10,997	11,360	12,325	11,978	13,283	14,048	15,105	15,288	15,635	16,423	15,881	16,562	14,074
	03-04	17,187	17,909	17,000	16,733	16,333	15,755	15,595	15,660	16,179	16,828	16,978	17,018	16,598
	04-05	14,533	13,573	12,012	11,168	10,681	11,108	11,162	10,614	11,165	11,710	11,414	11,039	11,682
	05-06	11,435	12,220	13,788	14,114	12,543	11,239	11,621	11,450	12,088	12,922	14,357	13,746	12,627
	06-07	13,226	13,042	13,025	12,964	13,880	15,135	15,650	14,895	15,183	16,257	15,870	15,805	14,578
	07-08	15,543	15,129	--	16,779	16,745	17,081	16,945	18,068	19,478	21,521	22,133	22,232	18,332
	08-09	20,000	18,900	--	16,175	15,119	14,565	16,500	17,422	17,678	18,248	18,271	18,040	17,356
	09-10	18,050	18,441	21,183	20,926	19,419	20,160	20,930	20,320	20,730	20,104	21,917	25,441	20,635
	10-11	25,748	26,545	27,250	32,582	43,145	44,833	40,321	26,978	21,646	19,167	22,083	24,648	29,579
	11-12	24,547	24,435	--	--	26,500	25,365	25,283	25,211	25,312	28,735	30,044	28,117	21,962
	12-13	25,268	26,613	28,292	27,083	26,933	28,940	27,857	26,445	27,468	28,911	29,808	29,995	27,801
	13-14	29,662	28,504	28,664	31,669	30,632	27,174	25,242	25,877	25,968	27,065	26,100	26,480	27,753
	14-15	25,035	25,484	26,220	25,462	22,361	22,135	23,285	24,742	24,521	24,765	24,840	25,016	24,489
	15-16	23,927	23,969	24,217	24,050	21,275	19,544	19,533	20,412	23,915	27,769	27,869	26,379	23,572
	16-17	26,304	26,404	28,163	31,364	31,014	29,796	29,121	28,612	29,115	28,874	28,708	28,208	28,807
	17-18	27,400	28,377	30,513	30,762	29,704	27,735	26,584	26,573	29,992	31,542	33,215	33,218	29,635
	18-19	--	--	--	30,496	30,138	32,996	36,135	35096	35056	33885	33033	32443	33253
	19-20	--	--	--	--	--	--	23660	19704	20685	20707	21322	22812	22984
	20-21	24758	26413	26669	27728	30804	32564	29765	30120	33888	34933	35688	33913	30604
	21-22	36817	39300	37885	46280	47217	42384	48608	58423	58423	52173	60733	55608	48022
	22-23	50000	--	--	46365	46574	46342	48426	47844	47058	45965	47364	48430	47437
	23-24	47509	46992	44616	41500	38125	41359	39800	37965	38676	40759	40109	43143	41713
	24-25	40583	42355	42013	41484	39880	36600	36757	36604	37874	39056	3862	38509	39198
	25-26*	-	-	-	-	37424								37424

Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Avg
J-34	87-88	6,170	5,470	5,640	6,040	5,790	6,670	7,210	7,110	6,940	6,900	7,130	--	6,461
	88-89	7,150	5,450	5,600	6,050	5,775	7,000	7,200	7,000	6,925	6,900	7,150	--	6,564
	89-90	6,250	6,300	6,000	6,100	5,800	5,300	5,150	5,350	6,050	6,350	6,300	--	5,905
	90-91	6,900	7,200	7,400	7,200	7,500	7,650	9,950	10,300	10,700	11,900	13,500	--	9,109
	91-92	10,550	9,900	10,700	11,725	12,000	11,025	10,900	10,750	11,400	11,850	11,200	--	11,091
	92-93	9,600	8,750	8,500	7,900	7,900	8,800	9,400	9,650	10,450	10,525	10,900	--	9,307
	93-94	10,000	10,015	11,635	12,365	14,810	17,600	18,960	19,265	19,440	19,400	18,620	--	15,646
	94-95	17,330	16,245	20,200	20,900	20,800	21,000	20,400	18,700	18,400	19,000	18,400	--	19,216
	95-96	18,100	17,500	16,400	15,600	15,000	14,086	14,900	16,241	16,324	15,450	15,948	16,000	15,962
	96-97	15,950	15,388	13,868	14,465	14,352	15,209	15,390	16,483	17,758	17,569	17,867	18,187	16,041
	97-98	18,356	17,746	17,583	19,017	19,463	19,317	19,333	19,369	20,096	19,646	18,409	17,170	18,792
	98-99	17,195	17,458	16,548	16,235	16,179	16,000	15,990	16,413	16,977	17,712	17,621	17,611	16,828
	99-00	15,942	14,391	13,408	13,872	14,875	15,746	15,932	17,308	17,980	18,217	18,139	17,383	16,099
	00-01	16,645	17,640	18,158	17,846	17,841	17,957	18,047	18,404	19,188	18,592	17,689	17,550	17,963
	01-02	15,576	13,910	13,785	13,356	13,083	12,923	13,672	14,068	14,664	15,530	15,500	14,365	14,203
	02-03	14,973	15,690	16,504	16,363	17,704	19,065	20,605	20,750	20,974	22,068	21,462	21,238	18,950
	03-04	20,243	20,765	20,348	21,871	22,022	20,800	21,320	21,780	21,438	21,568	21,496	20,455	21,176
	04-05	15,629	14,682	13,964	14,005	13,895	14,692	14,557	15,286	15,630	15,700	15,527	15,214	14,898
	05-06	14,739	15,060	15,842	15,464	15,095	15,104	16,074	16,100	16,458	16,791	17,305	16,921	15,913
	06-07	15,974	15,613	15,475	15,364	16,415	17,760	18,300	18,214	18,550	19,417	19,430	18,695	17,434
	07-08	17,213	17,986	18,420	19,348	19,705	20,181	20,390	22,286	25,222	27,263	26,738	26,814	21,797
	08-09	22,605	20,405	20,338	21,052	20,124	20,645	22,432	23,057	22,861	23,140	23,000	21,810	21,789
	09-10	21,450	23,495	24,848	25,678	24,943	26,148	27,005	27,987	28,652	28,758	30,667	34,577	27,017
	10-11	36,424	40,473	39,621	42,874	54,340	59,375	57,158	44,983	39,188	32,283	33,929	38,017	43,222
	11-12	34,768	30,892	30,804	33,612	32,830	30,852	30,350	31,607	30,873	34,227	35,620	33,239	32,473
	12-13	31416	31548	32420	32817	35129	37904	36900	36523	38904	41233	43580	43205	36,798
	13-14	42,800	39,833	38,760	42,335	42,800	42,196	43,004	44,654	43,812	41,865	39,996	38,364	41,702
	14-15	32,620	31,532	31,764	31,369	30,743	32,165	34,092	35,554	35,575	34,688	33,744	33,956	33,150
	15-16	32,720	31,800	32,300	33,820	33,347	32,922	34,527	35,850	39,593	44,150	45,950	42,821	36,650
	16-17	38,661	38,136	38,952	41,796	43,527	45,148	44,529	44,112	43,723	43,522	42,632	39,388	42,011
	17-18	36,427	36,781	38,988	40,796	39,970	40,592	40,732	42,504	45,662	46,358	46,188	44,991	41,666
	18-19	43,820	43,652	42,376	42,669	42,213	43,617	46,935	46469	46448	45077	42513	40674	43872
	19-20	37415	37220	38160	39244	38554	37620	36022	34240	34635	34022	35187	36264	36549
	20-21	38519	40378	41077	42400	43696	43696	42283	43428	47408	50300	50992	49917	44508
	21-22	57529	63217	61973	69124	74157	77544	89400	96969	89304	80188	89675	76356	77189
	22-23	64882	62235	61185	60054	60604	59992	60200	57820	54931	54612	56604	57552	59223
	23-24	55013	52308	51080	52252	53267	57068	55618	54209	53888	55737	53477	54829	54062
	24-25	54583	53945	53139	52996	52770	52748	53165	53942	53435	54800	55010	52517	53588
	25-26*	49938	48213	49113	51838	50062								49833

Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Avg
H-4	87-88	6,820	7,752	8,460	9,160	9,445	9,178	8,559	8,485	8,431	8,399	8,282	---	7,748
	88-89	7,845	7,650	7,950	8,250	7,350	7,750	7,950	7,750	7,600	7,600	7,600	---	7,108
	89-90	7,500	7,650	7,500	7,645	7,650	7,450	7,400	7,400	7,600	7,780	8,000	---	6,965
	90-91	8,150	8,430	8,670	8,750	8,850	9,575	11,090	11,445	11,490	12,375	15,000	---	9,485
	91-92	13,475	13,821	14,400	14,735	14,150	13,615	13,000	13,155	13,000	13,150	12,875	---	12,448
	92-93	11,000	10,400	10,000	9,800	9,600	9,742	10,450	10,900	11,575	11,400	12,175	---	9,754
	93-94	12,660	12,735	13,120	14,625	16,210	18,150	20,000	19,755	19,050	18,750	19,100	---	15,346
	94-95	19,000	19,070	21,200	22,900	23,000	22,500	23,000	21,900	21,800	22,300	21,800	---	19,873
	95-96	19,500	20,500	20,784	20,400	18,900	18,121	18,545	18,545	18,464	17,862	18,865	20,000	16,191
	96-97	19,750	18,700	17,920	17,865	17,326	17,657	18,427	19,388	20,033	19,892	20,376	20,700	19,003
	97-98	20,352	19,614	19,270	20,486	20,322	20,309	20,514	20,173	20,633	20,842	20,514	20,100	20,261
	98-99	19,652	19,045	18,712	19,291	18,871	18,087	18,357	18,733	19,050	19,296	19,067	19,411	18,964
	99-00	19,092	18,141	17,276	17,280	17,667	17,842	18,632	18,918	19,032	19,196	19,222	19,233	18,461
	00-01	19,295	20,540	21,146	20,400	19,736	19,061	19,337	19,808	20,188	19,284	18,789	18,533	19,676
	01-02	17,208	15,067	14,930	14,612	14,100	14,006	14,780	14,864	15,392	16,807	17,829	17,109	15,559
	02-03	17,227	17,155	17,896	17,837	19,013	20,413	21,226	21,283	21,339	22,323	21,881	22,171	19,980
	03-04	22,287	22,265	21,274	22,625	22,917	21,945	22,170	22,170	22,121	22,364	22,143	21,395	22,140
	04-05	17,690	16,927	15,448	15,345	14,643	15,028	15,852	15,732	15,765	15,870	15,764	15,686	15,813
	05-06	16,174	16,635	17,300	17,214	16,771	16,643	16,984	16,404	16,429	17,070	18,300	18,104	17,002
	06-07	17,632	17,279	17,045	16,950	17,865	18,690	19,050	18,286	18,613	19,674	19,848	20,060	18,416
	07-08	19,074	19,057	18,935	19,791	20,509	21,229	21,600	22,750	24,635	27,688	27,690	27,936	22,575
	08-09	23,270	21,929	21,554	21,005	20,124	20,045	21,142	21,809	21,796	22,508	22,438	21,780	21,617
	09-10	21,745	23,768	25,713	25,570	25,448	26,683	27,577	27,678	28,396	28,225	30,321	36,050	27,265
	10-11	39,596	42,541	39,917	44,343	54,890	57,954	53,832	40,543	37,271	30,779	32,775	36,696	42,595
	11-12	36,621	35,142	33,373	35,260	34,213	32,448	33,050	33,381	32,692	35,177	36,708	35,000	34,422
	12-13	32,536	31,870	32,692	33,129	35,483	38,384	37,352	37,027	39,424	41,830	44,912	44,355	37,416
	13-14	43,831	40,671	39,716	42,981	43,677	43,161	43,988	45,642	44,780	42,762	40,961	39,364	42,628
	14-15	33,205	32,132	32,412	31,842	31,230	32,325	33,971	36,263	36,207	35,643	33,700	34,782	33,643
	15-16	32,979	32,641	33,535	34,330	33,800	33,322	34,932	36,294	40,077	45,669	46,350	43,200	37,261
	16-17	38,978	38,472	39,244	42,032	43,786	45,324	44,763	44,335	43,923	44,483	42,920	39,672	42,328
	17-18	36,900	37,181	39,350	41,456	40,552	41,023	40,920	42,704	45,854	46,550	46,388	45,191	42,006
	18-19	44,104	43,957	42,864	43,031	42,608	43,821	47,152	46638	46648	45277	42829	41313	44187
	19-20	37765	39620	38913	39611	38892	37863	36454	34736	35031	34311	35443	36568	37100
	20-21	38781	40726	41431	42672	43942	44348	44426	45416	49148	52148	54256	52487	45815
	21-22	58183	63904	62996	70236	75583	79696	91380	98735	91462	85062	93846	77972	79189
	22-23	65550	64150	62815	61342	61983	61121	61765	59020	57762	57408	59012	59461	60949
	23-24	55670	52896	51660	52819	53958	57932	56341	54991	54732	56515	54677	55000	54766
	24-25	55058	54177	53352	53348	53110	53091	54009	55021	54839	56476	56476	54048	54417
	25-26*	50705	49487	50208	52683	51557								50928

Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Avg
S-6	87-88	8,108	8,282	9,711	10,320	11,401	10,928	9,992	10,177	10,099	9,900	9,551	---	9,039
	88-89	8,503	7,800	8,600	9,100	8,700	9,700	9,900	9,400	7,700	9,300	9,500	---	8,184
	89-90	8,500	8,000	8,050	8,405	8,500	8,250	8,300	8,500	9,000	9,300	9,000	---	7,817
	90-91	8,800	8,800	9,600	9,300	8,950	10,180	12,360	12,580	12,755	14,080	17,000	---	10,367
	91-92	15,264	14,227	14,710	15,125	14,450	13,920	13,815	13,980	14,200	14,385	13,850	---	13,161
	92-93	11,600	10,600	10,250	10,275	10,447	10,952	12,050	12,900	13,300	12,850	13,740	---	10,747
	93-94	13,150	12,980	14,030	15,420	16,915	19,017	21,085	21,180	21,015	21,650	22,000	---	16,537
	94-95	21,960	19,130	22,200	23,700	23,700	24,200	24,800	23,400	23,300	24,100	23,300	---	21,149
	95-96	20,800	21,500	21,900	20,900	19,700	19,178	19,600	20,027	20,000	18,073	20,787	21,000	18,728
	96-97	20,450	19,188	18,500	18,590	18,152	18,704	19,659	20,400	20,945	20,573	21,376	21,382	19,827
	97-98	20,765	20,109	19,754	21,417	21,200	21,322	21,171	20,760	21,570	22,080	21,647	21,279	21,090
	98-99	19,652	19,550	19,692	20,143	19,429	18,839	19,195	19,983	20,135	20,008	20,071	20,489	19,766
	99-00	19,675	18,836	18,251	18,816	19,167	19,508	19,832	20,450	20,668	20,596	20,539	20,817	19,763
	00-01	20,614	21,804	22,479	21,804	21,082	20,570	20,721	20,904	20,800	20,376	19,795	19,404	20863
	01-02	18,312	16,043	15,880	15,592	15,083	15,264	15,844	15,932	16,632	18,037	19,104	18,183	16,659
	02-03	17,864	17,745	18,588	18,974	20,191	21,517	22,368	22,217	22,243	22,773	22,248	22,767	20,791
	03-04	22,757	23,078	22,570	23,825	23,872	23,323	23,555	23,450	23,542	23,584	23,335	22,375	23,272
	04-05	17,910	17,509	16,272	16,236	15,905	16,384	16,681	16,391	16,700	16,895	16,809	17,145	16,736
	05-06	17,487	17,235	17,942	18,505	18,195	18,117	18,484	17,913	17,963	18,491	19,876	19,483	18,308
	06-07	18616	18200	17825	17741	18435	19190	19577	18923	19113	20183	20439	20840	19,090
	07-08	19743	19700	19715	20774	21086	22243	22270	23464	25583	27800	27943	28277	23,217
	08-09	23,520	22,233	21,796	21,524	20,586	20,740	22,421	23,609	23,170	23,840	23,410	22,460	22,442
	09-10	23,205	24,955	26,843	26,722	26,452	27,957	28,277	28,770	29,422	29,388	31,792	37,205	28,416
	10-11	40,543	43,832	41,733	44,796	55,680	59,700	57,353	46,200	41,458	33,567	35,558	39,439	44,988
	11-12	39,111	37,546	34,658	36,616	35,578	33,874	34,213	33,881	32,869	36,250	38,016	35,678	35,691
	12-13	33,480	33,557	33,764	33,771	35,013	38,280	38,139	37,764	39,892	42,370	45,968	47,855	38,321
	13-14	44,808	39,958	39,248	41,988	42,564	41,943	42,038	42,065	42,044	41,542	39,835	38,360	41,366
	14-15	33,440	32,812	33,148	31,304	30,691	31,126	33,296	34,933	34,267	34,296	33,992	34,672	33,165
	15-16	32,530	32,162	32,690	33,655	33,486	32,690	33,962	35,170	39,409	44,490	46,259	45,125	36,802
	16-17	41,217	38,728	39,007	41,256	42,482	43,096	42,954	42,400	42,642	42,396	42,320	40,764	41,605
	17-18	38,468	37,462	39,296	41,084	40,061	40,846	41,172	42,246	46,265	47,631	48,000	47,186	42,476
	18-19	46,196	45,441	44,020	42,846	41,850	43,179	46,039	45265	45508	44123	42404	41830	44058
	19-20	--	40376	39384	40011	39400	38048	36744	35184	35019	34904	35422	36700	37733
	20-21	39135	40835	41565	43220	44388	45436	45522	46744	50540	53911	56360	55200	46905
	21-22	59879	65861	65969	73792	77687	81292	92948	99569	97173	88473	95500	82008	81649
	22-23	68364	67169	64230	62179	62313	61292	62357	59356	57400	56658	60164	61422	61909
	23-24	58557	56550	55116	55311	57329	59618	59293	57057	56456	57874	57268	59714	57621
	24-25	56546	54714	53696	53804	53330	53404	54126	54256	54100	56680	56443	55209	54692
	25-26*	53481	52252	52908	55113	54300								53611

Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Avg
DCH-32	87-88	--	--	10,099	10,291	10,551	10,856	10,487	9,907	9,651	9,349	9,349	---	7,545
	88-89	12,625	13,700	14,100	14,700	13,500	15,000	16,000	15,000	14,800	14,800	15,000	---	13,269
	89-90	13,250	14,300	13,800	13,765	12,930	12,000	11,900	12,000	12,200	12,370	11,500	---	11,668
	90-91	12,650	13,330	13,280	13,100	13,150	13,585	15,120	15,500	15,830	17,340	21,500	---	13,699
	91-92	20,540	21,078	21,870	23,790	22,500	22,255	21,420	22,000	22,000	21,775	21,250	---	20,040
	92-93	17,600	17,050	16,525	16,350	16,700	17,276	18,025	18,600	19,250	19,775	19,600	---	16,396
	93-94	20,215	20,685	21,370	22,150	23,840	24,635	25,910	25,775	24,900	25,250	26,350	---	21,757
	94-95	25,410	25,650	28,500	31,900	31,900	31,500	32,100	31,200	31,300	31,600	31,500	---	27,713
	95-96	30,700	32,200	33,620	33,500	33,000	32,434	32,000	32,493	33,000	28,115	28,187	28,000	26,865
	96-97	27,250	26,330	23,920	24,775	24,473	24,504	25,218	26,733	27,225	26,930	27,133	27,036	25,961
	97-98	27,522	29,091	29,500	31,621	31,595	30,091	29,714	29,765	30,774	31,326	31,747	31,012	30,313
	98-99	28,167	27,654	26,460	27,204	26,187	25,639	25,500	25,750	26,000	26,131	26,900	27,000	26,549
	99-00	27,108	27,277	28,804	29,620	30,383	30,813	30,000	30,500	30,984	32,500	32,709	30,613	30,109
	00-01	29,500	31,164	35,425	35,373	35,273	34,957	35,000	35,000	35,000	33,104	31,805	31,000	33,550
	01-02	29,160	25,695	25,405	25,104	24,417	24,177	26,068	26,112	26,284	27,426	29,267	28,078	26,433
	02-03	27,932	27,990	29,046	29,511	30,339	31,374	31,316	31,942	31,652	32,495	31,857	31,276	30,561
	03-04	29,000	30,709	31,291	32,371	32,111	30,795	30,500	30,500	30,500	30,500	30,500	30,432	30,767
	04-05	29,333	28,245	28,648	28,477	29,881	31,180	31,500	31,500	32,283	32,425	31,927	31,786	30,599
	05-06	31,500	33,900	42,979	45,409	42,929	40,130	41,895	42,000	42,000	41,435	40,143	38,708	40,252
	06-07	36,237	34,292	32,000	32,000	32,650	33,000	32,295	32,000	31,771	32,109	32,087	32,000	32,703
	07-08	29,804	28,500	28,500	29,091	30,064	31,000	31,000	31,955	32,622	33,121	33,038	32,250	30,912
	08-09	32,000	30,595	28,979	28,162	26,833	27,855	32,068	32,248	32,061	33,000	33,100	32,940	30,820
	09-10	32,900	37,068	42,022	40,296	39,652	41,826	42,068	42,739	41,817	41,083	42,167	44,536	40,681
	10-11	47,261	51,582	51,879	62,848	81,300	82,958	79,500	71,870	65,333	58,375	55,500	53,891	63,525
	11-12	49,579	48,246	43,258	46,036	48,265	45,000	45,175	45,641	46,315	52,196	53,760	52,035	47,959
	12-13	46,280	45,026	45,324	45,033	48,243	47,792	48,626	48,477	49,552	51,859	54,492	57,275	48,998
	13-14	56,365	54,542	63,016	64,338	63,395	61,396	58,913	59,104	59,040	58,496	58,000	52,862	59,122
	14-15	44,480	43,328	44,064	43,808	41,617	40,287	44,335	45,846	44,463	43,592	42,708	42,920	43,454
	15-16	44,864	45,008	45,650	48,578	49,255	48,446	49,418	50,213	53,150	56,138	56,912	55,067	50,225
	16-17	54,000	53,052	54,222	55,040	55,718	57,496	57,792	56,427	55,673	55,415	53,320	53,200	55,113
	17-18	50,409	50,273	54,267	56,284	55,661	53,908	54,084	56,092	59381	61,765	60,535	58,695	55,946
	18-19	57,820	57,717	57,716	55,427	51,800	53,721	55,765	55192	54808	54685	53629	54117	55200
	19-20	--	53924	55068	57963	57554	56250	55093	53528	53842	53941	53635	53936	54811
	20-21	55846	56996	58938	65768	68817	72960	75804	77628	82152	91070	96740	97022	74979
	21-22	112854	116304	112365	114860	106304	103620	113220	114750	110769	100769	97521	90820	109394
	22-23	79068	76654	72019	67208	70752	71513	73700	73192	71596	72046	73128	74404	73048
	23-24	74083	74504	75304	78481	81563	81477	81664	82248	84060	84685	84205	88419	80883
	24-25	91125	89982	87622	83000	80725	78761	78500	78604	79000	79400	79500	77935	82013
	25-26*	73800	47100	72308	71568	72000								72755

Variety	Year	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Yr Avg
Buuny Brahma	06-07	19,516	18,867	18,490	18,150	18,900	20,010	20,582	20,127	20,142	20,987	20,991	21,155	19,826
	07-08	20152	19952	20185	20874	21518	22567	22620	23841	26104	28933	28819	28875	23,703
	08-09	24685	22986	22288	21643	20910	21095	22679	23117	22987	23532	23510	23010	22,704
	09-10	23186	24550	26839	26770	26629	28000	28618	30361	30270	30579	32413	38086	28,858
	10-11	40,861	43,595	41517	46139	57350	61346	59895	47848	43375	35563	36292	40313	46,175
	11-12	39,485	37,181	34,958	36,688	35,878	33,848	35079	35196	34985	39096	40324	38448	36,764
	12-13	34,514	34,470	34,072	34,150	35,579	39,116	39,500	39,168	40,736	43,263	47,032	48,530	39,178
	13-14	45,769	40,433	39,756	42,515	43,141	42,174	42,742	43,669	43,616	43,069	42,174	40,660	42,477
	14-15	35,305	33,864	34,208	32,915	33,243	33,596	35,708	35,216	35,604	34,842	34,172	33,788	34,372
	15-16	32,700	32,300	33,500	34,425	34,558	34248	36050	37494	41,522	46,567	48,338	47,558	38,272
	16-17	42,522	39,600	39,607	42,028	43,545	44,771	44,654	44,058	44,288	44,304	44,044	42,984	43,034
	17-18	40,464	38,792	40,567	42,408	41,965	41,804	42,340	43,638	47,162	48,635	48,854	47,845	43,706
	18-19	46,232	46,496	45,188	44,346	43,179	44,363	47,517	47435	47640	46385	44363	43974	45593
	19-20	42699	41024	40328	40593	40170	38837	37455	35880	35884	35950	36356	37532	38559
	20-21	39538	41161	42342	44404	45670	47124	47578	48548	51924	54737	56712	55348	47924
	21-22	62513	66922	67631	76476	80878	85220	97732	104458	102673	90288	98479	84296	84843
	22-23	70227	68546	64659	62579	62664	61521	62548	59612	57519	57404	60920	61800	62495
	23-24	58861	57204	55584	55385	58396	61741	60664	58422	57780	59256	58373	60671	58528
	24-25	57346	54745	53987	54184	53890	54274	55717	55638	55000	56260	55510	54570	55093
	25-26*	52476	51622	53221	55588	54819								53545

Cotton Exports by India 2006-07 onwards

Year	Quantity in lakh bales of 170 kgs	Value in Rs.crores
2006-07	58.00	5267.08
2007-08	88.50	8365.98
2008-09	35.00	3837.13
2009-10	83.00	10270.21
2010-11	76.50	14483.31
2011-12	129.57	23488.59
2012-13	101.43	17462.87
2013-14	116.96	23153.24
2014-15	57.72	9499.87
2015-16	69.07	11434.80
2016-17	58.21	11676.00
2017-18	67.59	13976.71
2018-19	43.55	9502.72
2019-20	47.04	8731.32
2020-21	77.59	17914.33
2021-22	42.25	14887.36
2022-23	15.89	5020.63
2023-24	28.36	8094.71
2024-25*(P)	18.07	4850.06
2025-26*(P)	15.00

*P-Provisional as per the meeting of committee on COCPC held on 08.12.2025
Value: Approx as per DGCIS, Kolkata

Cotton Imports in India 2006-07 onwards

Year	Quantity in lakh bales of 170 kgs	Value in Rs. Crores
2006-07	5.53	752.29
2007-08	6.38	978.54
2008-09	10.00	1377.80
2009-10	6.00	1195.64
2010-11	2.38	1709.11
2011-12	7.51	1059.20
2012-13	14.59	2057.77
2013-14	11.51	2746.16
2014-15	14.39	2848.50
2015-16	22.79	4230.00
2016-17	30.94	7268.00
2017-18	15.80	4224.84
2018-19	35.37	8339.26
2019-20	15.50	3588.38
2020-21	11.03	3479.60
2021-22	21.13	10353.96
2022-23	14.60	6029.26
2023-24*(P)	15.20	5483.19
2024-25*(P)	41.40	11989.35
2025-26*(P)	40.00

*P-Provisional as per the meeting of committee on COCPC held on 08.12.2025
Value: Approx as per DGCIS, Kolkata

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