Tag: PAKISTAN

Cotton consumption to touch 313 lakh bales in 2017: CCI

Total cotton consumption in India is likely to increase to 313 lakh bales in the current crop season as compared to 312 lakh bales during the previous year, according to the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI). The acreage under cultivation could decrease by 12 per cent to 105 lakh hectares but pro…

India cottoning on to ending cotton ties with Pak

India’s $782-million worth of cotton exports to Pakistan is likely to come to a halt, with exporters keen to divert shipment to other cotton scarce countries, following talks of withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to its neighbour. India had granted MFN status to Pakistan in 1996 …