Page 6 - Cotton

Beware! Using cotton buds to clean ears may do more harm than good

Study found majority of injuries occurred as a result of using cotton tip applicators to clean ears

Cotton output set to rise with increased sowing globally

Mills in India caught on wrong footing as prices remained elevated, imports also rising

MCX cotton volume soars to highest turnover of Rs 407 cr

Cotton futures on MCX, more known for its energy and metal commodities derivative trading, has seen a highest trading volume among all agri commodities across exchanges. MCX Cotton futures turnover clocked Rs 407.65 Crore yesterday, which is the highest amongst all agri commodities across exchanges.According to a broker on MCX , which deals with many companies hedging their cotton requirement on the exchange platform, "big apparel companies like Arvind, multinational trading firms and mid size year spinning and other textile companies have increasing their hedging for cotton requirement on the MCX platform contributing to the high volumes." He declined to be named as some of companies are hedging through his broking arm on MCX.Recently MCX also addressed some events and projected cotton contract as their agri face and planning to enter a few more agri commodities. However still NCDEX continues to be the major exchange for agri trading and their efforts to lure farmers have yielded ...

Slow exports to China, sales hit yarn makers' investments

Demonetisation-induced cash crunch has led to the closure of smaller spinning mills

Cotton export turns viable

Traders expect Rs 700-1,000 a tonne of further fall in cotton price by mid-Nov

Cotton output to rise 3.8%; BT cotton sowing falls

Better monsoon, absence of pest attacks to raise yield by 17.47%

India's cotton exports to fall by 28% as Pakistan trims purchases

The lower shipments to Pakistan from the world's biggest cotton producer will help other suppliers such as Brazil and the United States

Outlook weak for cotton spinning industry

Historically, high cotton price has not benefited the spinning industry - it impacts demand, reduces competitiveness, and increases the risk of inventory loss

Area under cotton cultivation to fall to 6-year low worldwide: ICAC

CAI has estimated the cotton crop in India for 2016-17 season at 33.60 million bales

'Branded' cotton from Africa, Peru strangle India's global competitiveness

Industry calls for global branding efforts of India's Shanker-6

$782-mn of cotton exports to Pakistan likely to halt

This, after talks of withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation status to Pakistan

Cotton prices rise on delay in new crop

However, the price rise has not benefited farmers in terms of realisations

CAI projects 33.60 million bales cotton production for 2016-17

Area under cotton crop expected to be lower by 10% than last year

Higher domestic prices dent cotton exports from India

Due to expectation of weak production during the year

Vardhman, SEL in a fix as cotton price soars

Blame hoarders for the rise; many fabric making mills have opted for blending more and more of synthetic yarn

Cotton output may fall to 5-year low

Whitefly attack damages crop in Punjab and Haryana; lack of rains threatens production in Gujarat and Maharashtra

Whitefly pest attacks cotton crop in Punjab

Congress lambasts the SAD-BJP alliance for its failure in preventing the pest attack

Better yields to boost cotton production in 2016-17: ICAC

Globally, average yield is set to improve by 5% to 735 kg a hectare, production is set to rise by 5% to 23 mn tonnes

Chinese cotton reserve auction to impact Indian spinning industry

The auction seeks to cater to, and fuel mill demand in that country and has put India's cotton and cotton yarn exports in a cautious mode

India imports cotton from Pakistan as domestic prices climb

Pakistani supplies are available at about 70 cents per lb, therefore landed cost of imported cotton is lower than local prices