Abstract

                                : India oscupies the foremost position among the cotton growing countries of the world in respect of acreage with an annual area of 19 to 20 million acres. However, the country ranks only fourth in total production estimated around 58 lakh bales.at present and valued at about Rs. 300 crores. Cotton is one of the most important commercial crops in India occupying a leading place in the agricultural and industrial economy. The value of actual exports of raw cotton and finished cotton goods is of the order of Rs. 72 crores per year. The country imports about eight lakh bales of extra-long and long staple cotton valued at Rs. 50 to 60 crores per year.

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