Indian Cotton export to top five countries in figures

New Delhi

Cotton export to China and other countries was one of the prominent reasons of prosperity of farmers in Gujarat. However the last five years figures on Indian cotton export to top five destinations shared by the government of India in parliament today show worrying trend. While export to China was much less than half compared to previous year in 2014-15, the situation of export to Pakistan was even worse.

Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said: At present there is no restriction on export of cotton. Even the requirement of registration of contracts has been removed vide Notification No. 102 (RE-2013)/2009-14 dated 08.12.2014. As such, the foreign countries are free to procure cotton from India as per their needs. So far as the border countries are concerned, China, Bangladesh and Pakistan are among the top 5 importers of Cotton from India. Other countries sharing border with India import negligible quantities from India.

– DeshGujarat