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LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3696
TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2025
IMPORT OF COTTON
3696. DR. BACHHAV SHOBHA DINESH:
Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री
be pleased to state :
(a) the details of import of cotton into the country during the last ten years, along with the rate of
purchase, year/country-wise;
(b) the details of purchase of cotton from local farmers during the last ten years along with the rate of
purchase, year/State wise;
(c) the details of unsold bales in stock of CCI;
(d) whether the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) purchases cotton from farmers in Maharashtra at a
Minimum Support Price (MSP); and
(e) whether the Government plans to impose a sanction on import of cotton in light of the drop in cotton
prices and losses faced by domestic farmers due to same, if so, the details thereof?
उत्तर
ANSWER
वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री (श्री पबित्र मार्घरे रटा)
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES
(SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA)
(a): 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 at Annexure-I.
(b): 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 Annexure-II.
(c): 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.
(d): As 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.
(e): 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.Annexure-I
(Qnty in bales/Value in Rs. Crores)
SR. N 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
COUNTRY
O. Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value
1 USA 2,56,960 508 4,06,087 754 14,18,835 3,539 8,73,987 2,331 16,87,878 4,044
2 PAKISTAN 1,76,943 350 52,798 98 - - 111 0.4 - -
3 EGYPT A RP 66,987 133 72,375 135 1,01,917 351 1,52,474 524 2,18,546 672
4 COTE D 'IVOIRE 91,294 181 1,10,450 205 86,344 184 27,385 60 2,29,961 503
5 AUSTRALIA 82,202 163 7,87,460 1,461 5,28,410 1,156 1,76,901 422 87,646 216
6 MALI 2,63,053 521 2,26,067 420 2,14,733 450 40,255 86 49,315 109
7 CHINA P RP - - - - - - 1,072 3 26,236 57
8 ISRAEL 13,250 26 14,487 27 34,010 114 14,500 51 4,093 13
9 SUDAN 1,463 3 1,443 3 14,856 26 6,421 13 11,187 21
10 BENIN 57,380 114 1,08,269 201 83,637 207 13,188 35 92,728 206
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
13 TANZANIA REP 34,756 69 6,095 11 53,728 107 40,062 94 38,822 93
14 SPAIN 5,295 10 6,317 12 10,427 28 9,572 29 20,939 46
15 TURKMENISTAN 7,563 15 12,686 24 - - 8,348 22 2,869 7
16 BURKINA FASO 55,656 110 14,880 28 1,54,080 329 10,764 24 48,094 108
OTHER COUNTRIE
17 2,90,376 575 4,59,067 852 3,92,943 1,188 2,00,882 441 9,90,707 2,187
S
Total 14,39,493 2,849 22,79,449 4,232 30,93,920 7,679 15,79,829 4,147 35,36,706 8,339
SR. N 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
COUNTRY
O. Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value
1 USA 5,77,317 1,474 4,30,718 1,501 7,73,164 4,069 4,57,027 2,174 2,68,728 1,361
2 PAKISTAN - - - - - - - - - -
3 EGYPT A RP 1,39,533 424 3,42,818 1,161 1,06,337 719 2,18,141 853 2,07,729 1,028
4 COTE D 'IVOIRE 1,01,587 209 7,584 17 84,255 378 1,6326 72 61,751 176
5 AUSTRALIA 52,475 119 1,14,847 300 3,94,518 1746 4,45,672 1,709 3,58,726 1,131
6 MALI 48,834 100 3,221 8 27,660 103 5,725 20 57,180 156
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
13 TANZANIA REP 36,430 69 2,894 9 50,844 192 37,855 115 1,07,121 288
14 SPAIN 11,045 23 510 2 384 1 1,161 8 10,099 30
15 TURKMENISTAN - - - - - - - - - -
16 BURKINA FASO 3,385 7 - - 10,951 52 6,761 24 17,434 52
17 GREECE 19,906 42 27,705 67 27,316 111 16,888 61 11,214 40
18 BRAZIL 1,30,031 254 52,228 109 1,10,065 506 75,722 227 67,805 152
OTHER COUNTRI
19 4,09,315 820 90,122 217 48,4845 2,259 1,65,262 694 3,38,529 992
ES
Total 15,50,312 3,588 11,02,637 3,480 2,11,3274 10,354 14,59,396 6,029 15,19,675 5,483
2024-25*
SR. NO. COUNTRY
Quantity Value
1 USA 5,25,523 1,802
2 PAKISTAN - -
3 EGYPT A RP 83,681 412
4 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 0.3510 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
Annexure: 2
Details of State-wise MSP Procurement of cotton during the last 10 years.
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19
Appr
Appr
ox. N
Value o Value ox. N
Value of o. of f
f Purch Approx. Qty. of Pur o. of Value of Pu Approx.
Qty. Purchase arme Qty. Qty. Approx. No Qty. Value of Pu
State in s under rs’ be in ases un No. of far in chases farm in rchases . of farmers in rchases undNo. of far
der MS mers’ be lakh under ers’ under MSP mers’
lakh MSP (Rs. nefitt lakh lakh ’ benefitted lakh er MSP (Rs
P (Rs. nefitted (i Bale MSP benef (Rs. in Cror benefitted
Bales in Crores ed Bales Bales (in lakhs) Bales . in Crores)
in n lakhs) s (Rs. in itted es) (in lakhs)
) (in
Crores) Crores) (in la
lakhs
khs)
)
Punjab 1.28 256.80 0.47 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Haryana 0.80 157.66 0.28 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Rajasthan 0.88 174.06 0.27 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gujarat 6.66 1,340.44 2.36 0.52 102.20 0.10 - - - 0.95 209.08 0.22 0.08 21.53 0.01
Maharashtra 17.63 3,587.32 6.15 1.17 246.84 0.28 - - - 0.15 31.81 0.03 1.96 515.59 0.40
MP 2.82 5,87.23 1.66 0.29 60.99 0.08 - - - 0.08 17.27 0.06 0.51 136.63 0.12
Telangana 36.91 8,020.91 11.33 5.95 1297.28 1.34 - - - 2.63 612.64 0.55 7.77 2,191.76 1.63
AP 17.56 3,911.15 5.50 0.40 87.87 0.09 - - - 0.06 18.32 0.02 0.05 13.74 0.01
Karnataka 1.39 237.71 0.75 - - - - - - 0.003 0.71 0.001 0.08 12.46 0.01
Orissa 1.03 231.74 0.73 0.12 29.41 0.019 - - - 0.02 7.47 0.004 0.25 83.49 0.19
West Bengal 0.003 0.64 0.003 0.86 0.92 0.41
0.003 0.004 - - - 0.004 0.004 0.001 0.003
Tamil Nadu - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.71 0.006
0.003
CCI Total 86.96 18,505.66 29.50 8.44 1,825.45 1.91 - - - 3.90 898.22 0.88 10.70 2,976.32 2.38
MSCCGMFL 5.64 1,072.19 1.22 0.51 102.67 0.11 - - - 0.006 1.23 0.002 0.074 19.33 0.015
Grand Total 92.60 19,577.84 30.72 8.95 1,928.12 2.02 - - - 3.91 899.45 0.89 10.78 2,995.65 2.40
2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24
Appr
ox. N
Approx Value o Approx
Value of Value of o. of f
. No. of f Purch Value of Pu . No. of Value of Pu Approx.
Purchase Qty. iPurchase Approx. No Qty. arme Qty.
State Qty. in s under farmer n lak s under . of farmers in ases un rs’ be in rchases farmer Qty. in rchases No. of far
lakh Ba s’ benef der MS under MSP s’ benef lakh under MSP mers’ be
MSP (Rs. h Bal MSP (Rs. ’ benefitted lakh nefitt lakh
les itted ( P (Rs. i (Rs. in itted Bales (Rs. in nefitted
in es in (in lakhs) Bales ed Bales
in n Crores) (in Crores) (in lakhs)
Crores) Crores) (in
lakhs) Crores) lakhs)
lakhs
)
Punjab 3.56 954.04 0.67 5.36 1528.78 1.09 - - - - - - 0.38 128.40 0.09
Haryana 6.22 1,636.50 0.57 10.57 2,994.21 1.88 - - - - - - 0.43 143.27 0.08Rajasthan 3.76 978.39 0.62 9.11 2,586.10 1.51 - - - - - - 0.52 170.17 0.09
Gujarat 11.05 2,972.83 2.14 4.15 1,204.31 0.85 - - - - - - 0.91 316.48 0.20
Maharashtra 26.25 6,897.85 5.41 17.51 4,980.91 3.60 - - - - - - 2.44 838.09 0.50
MP 4.43 1,237.54 1.00 4.44 1,237.63 1.05 - - - - - - 1.27 437.38 0.31
Telangana 41.80 1,1687.30 9.14 34.01 1,0167.68 8.00 - - - - - - 24.00 8642.22 5.42
AP 2.68 647.21 0.57 3.42 1,039.22 0.55 - - - - - - 1.30 476.00 0.29
Karnataka 3.50 797.21 0.55 1.26 358.81 0.21 - - - - - - 0.62 215.26 0.09
Orissa 1.61 613.06 0.30 2.06 621.86 0.40 - - - - - - 0.95 344.25 0.19
West Bengal 0.07 0.001 0.20 0.002 - - - - - - 0.00 0.77 0.00
0.0003 0.0018
Tamil Nadu 0.28 78.09 0.54 - - - - - - - - - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CCI Total 105.15 28,500.10 21.50 91.89 26,719.71 19.14 - - - 32.84 11,712.30 7.25
MSCCGMFL 19.46 5,054.37 3.45 7.44 2,102 1.37 - - - - - - - - -
Grand Total 124.61 33,554.47 24.95 99.33 28,821.71 20.51 - - - - - - 32.84 11,712.30 7.25
2024-25
State Value of Purchases under MSP
Qty. in lakh Bales Approx. no. of transactions from farmers’(in lakhs)
(Rs. in Crores)
Punjab 0.02 6.14 0.00
Haryana 0.62 219.72 0.12
Rajasthan 0.50 181.87 0.08
Gujarat 14.12 5,148.33 2.48
Maharashtra 29.41 10,714.29 6.27
MP 3.99 1,441.09 0.90
Telangana 40.38 15,556.95 8.92
AP 3.83 1,478.13 0.71
Karnataka 5.22 1,892.38 0.90
Orissa 2.06 796.90 0.38
West Bengal 0.00 0.92 0.00
Tamil Nadu 0.00 0.00 0.00
CCI Total 100.16 37,436.73 20.77
MSCCGMFL - - -
Grand Total 100.16 37,436.73 20.77
Note: In Cotton Season 2016-17, 2021-22 & 2022-23, cotton prices were ruling above MSP. Hence, no MSP support was
required by farmers.
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