Cotton Statistics; Source : Cotton Advisory Board

Area, Production and productivity of cotton in India during last

six decades
Area in lakh Production in lakh Yield kgs per
Year
hectares bales of 170 kgs hectare
1950-51 56.48 30.62 92
1960-61 76.78 56.41 124
1970-71 76.05 47.63 106
1980-81 78.24 78.60 170
1990-91 74.39 117.00 267
1991-92 76.93 119.00 263
1992-93 75.41 138.00 311
1993-94 74.40 121.50 278
1994-95 78.61 138.50 300
1995-96 90.63 170.20 319
1996-97 91.66 177.90 330
1997-98 89.04 158.00 302
1998-99 92.87 165.00 302
1999-00 87.31 156.00 304
2000-01 85.76 140.00 278
2001-02 87.30 158.00 308
2002-03 76.67 136.00 302
2003-04 76.30 179.00 399
2004-05 87.86 243.00 470
2005-06 86.77 244.00 478
2006-07 91.44 280.00 521
2007-08 95.55 315.00 560

Staple-wise production of cotton

Quantity in lakh bales of 170 kgs
STAPLE GROUP 2000-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08

Short 9.50 9.50 9.00 7.60 7.11 6.80 6.00 4.00

 (below 20.0 mm)
Medium/Medium Long
74.00 82.50 72.00 75.90 136.80 64.00 54.00 63.00
(20.5 to 27 mm)
Long Staple
52.00 61.00 51.00 89.95 94.07 165.40 216.15 243.00
(27.5 to 32.0 mm)
Extra Long staple
4.50 5.00 4.00 5.55 5.02 4.80 3.85 5.00
(32.5 mm & above)
TOTAL 140.00 158.00 136.00 179.00 243.00 241.00 280.00 315.00

ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICES OF KAPAS FOR IMPORTANT

VARIETIES
Prices in Rs per quintal
BENGAL DCH-
YEAR DESI J-34 LRA H-4 S-6 32
1996-97 1168 1770 1786 1905 2010 2316
1997-98 1773 2101 2095 2186 2278 2973
1998-99 1883 2080 2037 2135 2141 2532
1999-00 1443 1836 1835 1909 2067 2732
2000-01 1438 2068 2103 2207 2310 2784
2001-02 1833 1828 1750 1891 1901 --
2002-03 1875 2218 2110 2215 2323 2927
2003-04 1962 2591 2470 2533 2632 3152
2004-05 1689 1844 1835 2003 2037 2840
2005-06 1738 1999 -- 2002 2058 4111
2006-07 1871 2133 -- 2168 2280 3034
2007-
08* 2258 2386 -- 2309 2460 2836
*as on January 2008
Source: CCI Branch Offices
 Cotton - Imports and Exports
Imports Exports
Quantity Value Quantity Value
No of No of
bales of Rs in bales of Rs in
Year 170 Kgs Crores 170 Kgs Crores
1996-97 0.3 56.42 16.82 1655
1997-98 4.13 497.93 3.5 313.62
1998-99 7.87 772.64 1.01 86.72
1999-00 22.01 1967.92 0.65 52.15
2000-01 22.13 2029.18 0.6 51.43
2001-02 25.26 2150.01 0.5 44.4
2002-03 17.67 1789.92 0.83 66.31
2003-04 7.21 880.1 12.11 1089.15
2004-05 12.17 1338.04 9.14 657.34
2005-06 5 565.21 47 3951.35
2006-07 5.53 N.A. 58 5232.09
2007-08
(A) 6.5 N.A. 65 N.A.
Source: Cotton Advisory Board for Quantity figures

Note: Value figures are estimated