Global cotton output may rise over 8%: ICAC

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Global cotton output may rise over 8%: ICAC

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Global cotton output may rise over 8%: ICAC

Cotton production world-wide is likely to rise by over 8% in the 2010-11 season on higher output in the US and China following high prices, a global cotton body says.

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The global cotton production in the 2010-11 season (October-September ) is projected at 24.1 million tonnes (mt), up 8.5% from 22.2 mt estimated for the ongoing 2009-10 season.

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Above figures were put forth by the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC).

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According to ICAC, cotton production in China is likely to surge by a million tonne to 7.7 million tonne, while in the US it may climb by one tenth to 3 million tonne.

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However in India, production estimates are not changed much from 2009-10 season, it said.

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ICAC had earlier said that India is estimated to harvest 5.3 mt of fibre in this season. Currently, harvesting is in progress across the country.

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In Other major Commodities Updates we can read about the news of fertiliser ministry urging the finance ministry to release the due subsidy payments and the decline of the natural rubber production rate, last year.

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Fertiliser ministry too seeks subsidy payments: . The fertilisers ministry has urged the finance ministry to urgently resolve the liquidity problems faced by the country’s fertiliser industry following no payment of subsidy dues by the government since October 2009.

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The demand for subsidy payments comes even as the government is trying to resolve the issue of subsidy to petroleum companies.

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Industry estimates are that subsidy /concession for the October-March 2010 period will be around Rs 30,000 crore plus, bringing up the total subsidy for the fiscal to well over Rs 70,000 crore.

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The centre has allocated only Rs 49,980.25 crore towards fertiliser subsidy for 2009-10 (BE), including carryovers from 2008-09.

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The industry has argued that non-import of urgently needed raw materials and inputs may be jeopardized if the matter of the subsidies is not tackled on priority.

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Making matters worse, according to procedure, the industry cannot expect any further payment until the third supplementary to the Budget due only in end March.

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Rubber Output declines on dry weather:

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Natural rubber production in India, the world’s fourth-biggest producer, dropped 7.3 per cent last year after dry weather lowered yields in the main growing region, the state-owned Rubber Board said. . The driest monsoon since 1972 lowered latex yield in rubber plantation in the southern Indian state of Kerala, Chandran said. . Production also dropped because of  intense harvesting and ageing plantations,  Rubber Board Chairman Sajen Peter said on November 4. . Stockpiles jumped 26 per cent to 261,400 tonnes at the end of December after exports last year slumped to 14,752 tonnes from 77,004 tons in 2008.

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