The Cotton Association of India (CAI) said on Friday that the country’s cotton production estimate for 2024-25 season will remain at 312.40 lakh bales, despite losses of crop in the cotton-producing belt of Maharashtra.
“We are maintaining the cotton output at 312.40 lakh bales in 2024-25 season, which begins on October 1. There were reports of cotton crops affected due to rains in Maharashtra. However, late sowing in the state will benefit the farmers and make up for the loss in the overall output,” said CAI president, Atul Ganatra.
The total cotton supply till the end of the cotton season, up to September 30, 2025, was estimated at 392.59 lakh bales. This includes the pressings of 312.40 lakh bales, imports of 41 lakh bales and the opening stock estimated by the CAI at 39.19 lakh bales at the beginning of the season.
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Further, CAI has estimated cotton consumption till end of the cotton season 2024-25, at 314.00 lakh bales, while the export shipments up to end of the season are estimated to be at 18 lakh bales against 28.36 lakh bales in 2023-24.
Stock at the end of September 2025 is estimated at 60.59 lakh bales, including 31.50 lakh bales with textile mills and the remaining 29.09 lakh bales with CCI, Maharashtra Federation and others (Multinational Corporations, traders, ginners, exporters, among others) including cotton sold but not delivered, CAI added.
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