IMPORT OF COTTON

Ministry of Textiles IMPORT OF COTTON Posted On: 12 AUG 2025 3:16PM by PIB Delhi The details of cotton imports into the country over the last ten years, including year-wise and country-wise data along with value, are provided below. State-wise details of cotton purchases from local farmers by Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) during the last ten years, along with value is at below. Out of the total procurement of 100.16 lakh bales under the Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations during the 2024–25 cotton season, 71.54 lakh bales have been sold through e-auction as of 04.08.2025, and unsold stock is 28.62 lakh bales. a. the Central Nodal Agency for implementing Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations for cotton, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) procures cotton when market prices of seed cotton (kapas) fall below the MSP. During the 2024–25 cotton season, CCI procured 144.55 lakh quintals of kapas in Maharashtra under MSP operations, valued at ₹10,714 crore, through 6.27 lakh farmer transactions. To safeguard the interests of cotton farmers, the Government of India every year declares Minimum Support Price (MSP) on seed cotton.The Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) acts as the Central Nodal Agency, undertaking MSP operations as and when the market price of seed cotton falls below the MSP. During the 2024–25 cotton season, the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) procured a total of 100.16 lakh bales under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations. This procurement, representing 34.04 % of the total estimated production of 294.25 lakh bales, was carried out through 508 procurement centers across 11 cotton-growing states. In light of above, there is no proposal to impose any restrictions or sanctions on import of cotton. The information was provided by THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today. ***** MAM/SMP/NM (Lok Sabha US Q3696) (Qnty in bales/Value in Rs. Crores) 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 V SR. COUNTRY Quantit Valu Quantit Valu al Quantit Valu Valu NO. Quantity Quantity y e y e u y e e e 3, 2,33 4,04 1 USA 2,56,960 508 4,06,087 754 14,18,835 8,73,987 16,87,8785 3 1 4 9 2 PAKISTAN 1,76,943 350 52,798 98 - - 111 0.4 - - 3 3 EGYPT A RP 66,987 133 72,375 135 1,01,917 5 1,52,474 524 2,18,546 672 1 1 COTE D 4 91,294 181 1,10,450 205 86,344 8 27,385 60 2,29,961 503 'IVOIRE 4 1, 1 5 AUSTRALIA 82,202 163 7,87,460 1,461 5,28,410 1,76,901 422 87,646 216 5 6 4 6 MALI 2,63,053 521 2,26,067 420 2,14,733 5 40,255 86 49,315 109 0 7 CHINA P RP - - - - - - 1,072 3 26,236 57 1 8 ISRAEL 13,250 26 14,487 27 34,010 1 14,500 51 4,093 13 4 2 9 SUDAN 1,463 3 1,443 3 14,856 6,421 13 11,187 21 6 2 10 BENIN 57,380 114 1,08,269 201 83,637 0 13,188 35 92,728 206 7 11 ZAMBIA 25,331 50 388 1 - - 1,874 5 4,770 11 12 UGANDA 10,984 22 580 1 - - 2,032 5 22,916 47 1 TANZANIA 13 34,756 69 6,095 11 53,728 0 40,062 94 38,822 93 REP 7 2 14 SPAIN 5,295 10 6,317 12 10,427 9,572 29 20,939 46 8 TURKMENIST 15 7,563 15 12,686 24 - - 8,348 22 2,869 7 AN 3 BURKINA 16 55,656 110 14,880 28 1,54,080 2 10,764 24 48,094 108 FASO 9 1, OTHER 1 2,18 17 2,90,376 575 4,59,067 852 3,92,943 2,00,882 441 9,90,707 COUNTRIES 8 7 8 7, 14,39,49 22,79,44 6 15,79,82 4,14 8,33 Total 2,849 4,232 30,93,920 35,36,706 3 9 7 9 7 9 92019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 SR. COUNTRY Quan Quant Quant Quant Quantit NO. Value Value Value Value Value tity ity ity ity y 5,77,3 4,30,7 7,73,1 4,57,0 2,68,72 1 USA 1,474 1,501 4,069 2,174 1,361 17 18 64 27 8 2 PAKISTAN - - - - - - - - - - 1,39,5 3,42,8 1,06,3 2,18,1 2,07,72 3 EGYPT A RP 424 1,161 719 853 1,028 33 18 37 41 9 COTE D 1,01,5 4 209 7,584 17 84,255 378 1,6326 72 61,751 176 'IVOIRE 87 52,47 1,14,8 3,94,5 4,45,6 3,58,72 5 AUSTRALIA 119 300 1746 1,709 1,131 5 47 18 72 6 48,83 6 MALI 100 3,221 8 27,660 103 5,725 20 57,180 156 4 7 CHINA P RP 6 0.01 - - 9,658 48 115 0.37 - - 8 ISRAEL 5,872 18 26,425 80 13,972 90 8,760 61 10,115 62 9 SUDAN 5,891 12 632 2 11,214 43 3,834 12 - - 10 BENIN 3,842 7 2,933 8 7,853 37 146 0.5 1,178 3 11 ZAMBIA - - - - - - - - - - 12 UGANDA 4,843 10 - - 238 1 - - 2,067 13 TANZANIA 36,43 1,07,12 13 69 2,894 9 50,844 192 37,855 115 288 REP 0 1 11,04 14 SPAIN 23 510 2 384 1 1,161 8 10,099 30 5 TURKMENIST 15 - - - - - - - - - - AN BURKINA 16 3,385 7 - - 10,951 52 6,761 24 17,434 52 FASO 19,90 17 GREECE 42 27,705 67 27,316 111 16,888 61 11,214 40 6 1,30,0 1,10,0 18 BRAZIL 254 52,228 109 506 75,722 227 67,805 152 31 65 OTHER 4,09,3 48,484 1,65,2 3,38,52 19 820 90,122 217 2,259 694 992 COUNTRIES 15 5 62 9 15,50, 11,02, 2,11,3 14,59, 15,19,6 Total 3,588 3,480 10,354 6,029 5,483 312 637 274 396 75 SR. 2024-25* COUNTRY NO. Quantity Value 1 USA 5,25,523 1,802 2 PAKISTAN - - 3 EGYPT A RP 83,681 4124 COTE D 'IVOIRE 75,906 199 5 AUSTRALIA 5,13,980 1,450 6 MALI 1,79,879 478 7 CHINA P RP 0.71 0.005 8 ISRAEL 23,049 115 9 SUDAN 235 0.35 10 BENIN 7,807 21 11 ZAMBIA - - 12 UGANDA - - 13 TANZANIA REP 35,074 100 14 SPAIN 5,821 15 15 TURKMENISTAN - - 16 BURKINA FASO 20,044 54 17 GREECE 8,029 28 18 BRAZIL 6,54,819 1,620 19 OTHER COUNTRIES 5,75,801 1,537 Total 27,09,648 7,830 Source: DGCIS, Kolkata *Position upto 31.05.2025 Details of State-wise MSP Procurement of cotton during the last 10 years. 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 Val Ap Val Ap Val Ap Ap Val Ap ue pro ue pro ue pro pro ue pro of x. of x. of x. x. of x. Pur No. Pur No. Pur No. No. Pur No. Qty Qty Qty Qty Qty cha of cha of cha of of cha of . . . . 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