The Committee on Cotton Manufacturing and Consumption (CCPC), a physique comprising all stakeholders within the sector, has pegged the pure fibre’s manufacturing decrease this season, whereas projecting a fall in imports.
At its overview assembly held on Monday, the CCPC provisionally estimated cotton manufacturing at 292.15 lakh bales (of 170 kg every) this season (October 2025-September 2026), decrease than the 297.24 lakh bales produced final season. The manufacturing estimate is in step with the Ministry of Agriculture’s first superior estimate.
Tamilnadu Spinning Mills Affiliation (TASMA) chief advisor Okay Venkatachalam, in a letter to affiliation members, mentioned the primary assembly of the season was held through video convention, chaired by the Textile Commissioner.
The CPCC has estimated imports at 40 lakh bales in contrast with 41.4 lakh bales final season. That is in distinction to the Cotton Affiliation of India estimates, pegging cotton imports at a file 50 lakh bales.
Low ending shares
Together with a carryover inventory of 45.50 lakh bales (47.47 lakh bales final season), general provide has been estimated at 377.65 lakh bales (386.11 lakh bales). The decrease manufacturing and import has led to the ending shares being seen decrease at 40.65 lakh bales.
The CCPC has additionally pegged exports decrease at 15 lakh bales in opposition to 18 lakh bales, whereas mills’ consumption could possibly be a tad decrease at 213 lakh bales (213.04 lakh bales). Non-textile consumption is estimated unchanged, whereas micro, small and medium enterprices offtake is anticipated to be decrease by 0.5 lakh bales at 213 lakh bales.
Revealed on December 10, 2025
