TABLE 10

PRODUCTION, AVAILABILITY ,CONSUMPTION AND STOCK OF COTTON YARN

(Million kg.)

  1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002(P)
1. Opening Stock 76 90 95 73 86
2. Production 2213 2022 2204 2267 2212
3. Exports 485 487 555 505 434
4. Domestic Availability
    (1)+(2)-(3)
1804 1625 1744 1835 1864
5. Apparent Consumption    
(i) Handlooms 540 473 514 530 540
(ii) Powerlooms 975 887 931 974 973
(iii) Textile Mills
    and other uses
199 170 227 245  258
6. Total 1714 1530 1672 1749  1771
7. Closing Stock (4)-(6) 90 95 73 86 93

P : Provisional

(Source :- O/o the Textile Commissioner, Govt. of India)