Lok Sabha Question No. 1193 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-03
Subject: Export of Cotton
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1193 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3.03.2016

## EXPORT OF COTTON

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी

## 1193.   SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  export  of  cotton  to  various  countries  including  China  during  each  of  the  last three years and the current year, country-wise;
- (b) whether the export of cotton has increased to Pakistan and Bangladesh during the last two years;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the efforts being made by the Government to increase the export of cotton to these countries?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंरी (स्त्वतंर प्रभार) (श्री संतोष क ु मार गंगवार)

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): The export of cotton from India to various countries including China during last three cotton years (Oct.-Sept.) i.e. 2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15 and the current cotton year 2015-16 (from Oct. to Dec., 2015) is at Annexure-I.
- (b) & (c): The export share  of cotton  to  Pakistan  and  Bangladesh  during  the  last  two  cotton years 2013-14 & 2014-15 is as under:-

| Sr. No.   | Country    | Cotton Year (Figures in lakh bales)   | Cotton Year (Figures in lakh bales)   | Cotton Year (Figures in lakh bales)   |
|-----------|------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.   | Country    | 2013-14                               | 2014-15                               | 2015-16 (Oct. to Dec.,2015)           |
| 1.        | Pakistan   | 9.49 (8.11%)                          | 3.79 (6.57%)                          | 16.60 (47.17%)                        |
| 2.        | Bangladesh | 21.60 (18.47%)                        | 22.91 (39.69%)                        | 8.60 (24.43%)                         |
| 3.        | China      | 64.82 (55.42%)                        | 16.76 (29.04%)                        | 4.24 (12.05%)                         |
| 4.        | Others     | 21.05 (18.00%)                        | 14.26 (24.71%)                        | 5.75 (16.34%)                         |
| Total     | Total      | 116.96                                | 57.72                                 | 35.19                                 |

China  in  the  recent  past  years  constituted  about  60%  share  of  the  India's  cotton  exports. However, due to change in cotton policy by China, India's share of cotton export to China has been declining and Pakistan and Bangladesh have emerged as leading importer of Indian cotton.

- (d): The export of Cotton at present is under Open General License. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry being the facilitator for the Import and Export of Cotton  vide  notification  No.  102(RE-2013)/  2009-14  dated  08.12.2014  has  dispensed  with  the registration requirement for Export of Cotton. Further, the export incentives i.e. drawback of 1% is available for export of raw cotton falling under Tariff item 5201 vide Notification No.  110/2015 CUSTOMS (N.T.) dated 16.11.2015 issued by Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.

| COUNTRY         | 2012-13     | 2012-13     |
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
| COUNTRY         | Qty (Bales) | Value (INR) |
| CHINA P RP      | 5789876     | 96808909295 |
| BANGLADESH PR   | 1865261     | 34388914485 |
| PAKISTAN IR     | 1126247     | 19663504414 |
| VIETNAM SOC REP | 541246      | 9448392717  |
| HONG KONG       | 176795      | 2973992333  |
| INDONESIA       | 169940      | 2941765624  |
| TAIWAN          | 110470      | 1912145160  |
| MALAYSIA        | 85287       | 1498831111  |
| THAILAND        | 73548       | 1394372015  |
| SINGAPORE       | 68187       | 1146428581  |
| TURKEY          | 30122       | 557618951   |
| IRAN            | 17173       | 351704834   |
| JAPAN           | 9570        | 235949026   |
| ITALY           | 13729       | 230977490   |
| KOREA RP        | 10985       | 184600475   |
| DJIBOUTI        | 9063        | 171140458   |
| MYANMAR         | 6726        | 136415183   |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 6674        | 122373629   |
| BAHARAIN IS     | 6211        | 106416424   |
| MOROCCO         | 5304        | 91429152    |
| NEPAL           | 3812        | 72397417    |
| ETHIOPIA        | 2799        | 52207574    |
| PORTUGAL        | 1892        | 36608794    |
| GREECE          | 1742        | 31432692    |
| TUNISIA         | 1444        | 28335501    |
| CANADA          | 356         | 8300036     |
| GERMANY         | 347         | 8140578     |
| MAURITIUS       | 306         | 5500410     |
| SAUDI ARAB      | 353         | 5346223     |
| BAHAMAS         | 277         | 4930265     |
| U S A           | 194         | 4069989     |
| NETHERLAND      | 121         | 1987378     |
| GUATEMALA       | 121         | 1967652     |
| BELGIUM         | 63          | 1350517     |

EXPORT OF RAW COTTON (ITCHS 5201) (Oct-Sep)

| COUNTRY         | 2013-14     | 2013-14      |
|-----------------|-------------|--------------|
| COUNTRY         | QTY (Bales) | VAL(INR)     |
| CHINA P RP      | 6482069     | 126790496148 |
| BANGLADESH PR   | 2160691     | 44400227384  |
| PAKISTAN IR     | 948530      | 19005116947  |
| VIETNAM SOC REP | 760362      | 14906138165  |
| TURKEY          | 325467      | 6301530901   |
| INDONESIA       | 325169      | 6356164307   |
| HONG KONG       | 183258      | 3616762473   |
| THAILAND        | 137161      | 2718356332   |
| TAIWAN          | 130312      | 2542826080   |
| KOREA RP        | 58484       | 1131061576   |
| ITALY           | 41938       | 807222008    |
| MYANMAR         | 36486       | 747107124    |
| BAHARAIN IS     | 18181       | 353007861    |
| MALAYSIA        | 17271       | 347992155    |
| IRAN            | 13363       | 275949158    |
| ETHIOPIA        | 11523       | 241697250    |
| JAPAN           | 10172       | 287018147    |
| U ARAB EMTS     | 5785        | 112928468    |
| DJIBOUTI        | 5228        | 109973952    |
| MOROCCO         | 4823        | 95826813     |
| TUNISIA         | 3935        | 69829712     |
| KOREA DP RP     | 3673        | 70444864     |
| MAURITIUS       | 3553        | 75252867     |
| PORTUGAL        | 2613        | 56882494     |
| PHILIPPINES     | 1155        | 20102363     |
| SOUTH AFRICA    | 988         | 13521575     |
| NEPAL           | 937         | 21616233     |
| MEXICO          | 780         | 16965279     |
| GERMANY         | 487         | 14193697     |
| U S A           | 300         | 6529469      |
| BELGIUM         | 215         | 6244874      |
| AFGHANISTAN     | 147         | 2825554      |
| GREECE          | 143         | 2507092      |
| SLOVENIA        | 142         | 2932459      |

| COUNTRY         | 2014-15     | 2014-15     |
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|
| COUNTRY         | QTY (Bales) | VAL(INR)    |
| BANGLADESH PR   | 2291279     | 38936613893 |
| CHINA P RP      | 1675989     | 26904679821 |
| VIETNAM SOC REP | 801086      | 12746149126 |
| PAKISTAN IR     | 378804      | 6248040597  |
| INDONESIA       | 147471      | 2336196215  |
| TAIWAN          | 131726      | 2063591223  |
| THAILAND        | 80215       | 1292300437  |
| ETHIOPIA        | 63276       | 1068757074  |
| MALAYSIA        | 49762       | 756611494   |
| TURKEY          | 42761       | 714871473   |
| KOREA RP        | 30842       | 507996853   |
| ITALY           | 25792       | 412342439   |
| BAHARAIN IS     | 11399       | 181751950   |
| JAPAN           | 10270       | 289564297   |
| PORTUGAL        | 9919        | 164230839   |
| ANGOLA          | 5956        | 105978000   |
| MYANMAR         | 3454        | 60446409    |
| U S A           | 2632        | 55407381    |
| SINGAPORE       | 2347        | 38631853    |
| MOZAMBIQUE      | 2032        | 32363030    |
| IRAN            | 1297        | 24064927    |
| SOUTH AFRICA    | 938         | 11583004    |
| MAURITIUS       | 859         | 14816125    |
| GERMANY         | 647         | 12749709    |
| MOROCCO         | 615         | 9469880     |
| MEXICO          | 141         | 4580618     |
| CANADA          | 67          | 1244878     |
| BELGIUM         | 66          | 1356135     |
| RWANDA          | 58          | 1053875     |
| NEPAL           | 25          | 289980      |
| CONGO D. REP.   | 18          | 268803      |
| ARGENTINA       | 12          | 201920      |
| NIGERIA         | 5           | 265323      |
| BRAZIL          | 5           | 118700      |

Annexure-I

| COUNTRY         | 2015-16 (Oct-Dec)   | 2015-16 (Oct-Dec)   |
|-----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| COUNTRY         | QTY (Bales)         | VAL(INR)            |
| PAKISTAN IR     | 1660111.64          | 26660827918         |
| BANGLADESH PR   | 859819.73           | 14056246686         |
| CHINA P RP      | 424205.26           | 6736849712          |
| VIETNAM SOC REP | 268250.05           | 4334189608          |
| INDONESIA       | 129132.74           | 2023088849          |
| TURKEY          | 51077.50            | 838302685           |
| SINGAPORE       | 45699.75            | 749524157           |
| THAILAND        | 24408.71            | 392453185           |
| TAIWAN          | 16714.11            | 267835105           |
| MALAYSIA        | 10426.03            | 164507183           |
| ITALY           | 7707.65             | 120211148           |
| MYANMAR         | 7401.75             | 118225875           |
| KOREA RP        | 3336.41             | 52388488            |
| PORTUGAL        | 2432.40             | 42854671            |
| JAPAN           | 1726.48             | 46257243            |
| BAHARAIN IS     | 1535.75             | 25160771            |
| KOREA DP RP     | 1350.73             | 21594390            |
| ETHIOPIA        | 1227.15             | 21039980            |
| MOROCCO         | 1187.23             | 20408666            |
| GREECE          | 439.90              | 7108936             |
| U S A           | 273.98              | 5398203             |
| GERMANY         | 183.04              | 3963776             |
| SPAIN           | 137.17              | 2401494             |
| NEPAL           | 91.55               | 1120536             |
| CANADA          | 72.78               | 1680119             |
| BELGIUM         | 71.67               | 1268626             |
| DENMARK         | 32.42               | 770727              |
| SRI LANKA DSR   | 3.53                | 182507              |
| U K             | 1.84                | 282192              |
| Grand Total     | 3519058.96          | 56716143436         |

| MALDIVES   |       10 |       164940 |
|------------|----------|--------------|
| TOTAL      | 10136254 | 174628658281 |

| POLAND        |      122 |      2675684 |
|---------------|----------|--------------|
| CANADA        |       72 |      1807173 |
| JORDAN        |       13 |       215084 |
| KAZAKHSTAN    |       12 |       241719 |
| U K           |        2 |       118367 |
| KENYA         |        2 |        22276 |
| SPAIN         |        2 |        57308 |
| DENMARK       |        1 |        34045 |
| FIJI IS       |        1 |        23780 |
| TRINIDAD      |        1 |         1676 |
| FRANCE        |        0 |        10606 |
| SRI LANKA DSR |        0 |         7006 |
| AUSTRALIA     |        0 |         1800 |
| RWANDA        |        0 |         5771 |
| MALAWI        |        0 |         3988 |
| PERU          |        0 |          178 |
| Grand Total   | 11695566 | 231532478242 |

Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, Kolkata.

| U ARAB EMTS   |       2 |       31597 |
|---------------|---------|-------------|
| NEW ZEALAND   |       1 |        8098 |
| SRI LANKA DSR |       1 |       40013 |
| ISRAEL        |       0 |        1057 |
| KENYA         |       0 |         613 |
| SEYCHELLES    |       0 |        7571 |
| AUSTRALIA     |       0 |         921 |
| Grand Total   | 5771769 | 94998678151 |

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