GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF TEXTILES

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2619

ANSWERED ON:25.11.2010

IMPORT OF COTTON

ANANT KUMAR HEGDE

(a) whether the Government has decided to fix the limit of the import of raw cotton keeping in view the industrial necessity of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has estimated the required quantity of raw cotton for use in the country; and

(d) if so, the quantity of cotton available in the country in September, 2010?

ANSWER

 MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SMT. PANABAAKA LAKSHMI)

(a) & (b):No Madam, no limit has been fixed on the import of raw cotton.

(c):Yes Madam. As per the Cotton Balance Sheet for cotton season 2010-11, the domestic consumption of raw cotton is estimated at 266 lac bales and production is estimated at 325 lac bales.

(d):As per the Cotton Balance Sheet for cotton season 2009-10, the quantity of raw cotton in the country on 30.09.2010 was 40.5 lac bales.