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Rising cotton price to hit margins of textile companies

Cotton, the key raw material for textile and apparel production, has become costlier by 6 per cent in March alone

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India’s cotton textile exports have jumped 12 per cent between April 2018 and February 2019

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Rising cotton prices are set to hit profit margins of textile and apparel players due to their inability to pass on the high production cost on to consumers as seasonal

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First Published: Mar 30 2019 | 11:22 AM IST

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