COTTON CONSUMPTION AND STOCK POSITION (NON-SSI)

	1996-97		1997-98		1998-99		1999-2000
	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption
October	10.58	11.79	11.78	12.75	10.41	11.28	14.07	12.20
November	10.25	11.16	11.48	12.59	11.33	11.68	13.25	11.62
December	14.62	12.24	15.63	13.48	15.01	12.48	17.67	12.85
January	20.79	12.38	19.88	12.69	19.43	12.28	21.87	12.80
February	24.02	11.79	23.51	11.12	22.49	11.57	25.90	12.38
March	28.40	13.19	26.41	11.89	24.25	12.37	28.07	12.89
April	27.29	12.65	26.92	11.23	24.88	12.12	28.87	12.22
May	27.16	12.89	25.15	11.43	24.66	12.15	27.68	12.79
June	26.25	12.70	23.84	11.46	23.33	12.36	26.26	12.75
July	24.32	13.31	20.89	11.78	21.28	12.68	-	-
August	20.27	13.07	18.15	11.44	18.39	12.45	-	-
September	15.63	13.24	14.14	11.38	14.48	12.11	-	-
Total	249.58	150.41	237.78	143.24	229.94	145.53	203.64	112.50

	2000-01		2001-02		2002-03		2003-04
	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption
October	17.11	12.00	13.54	11.83	19.77	12.45	14.18	10.92
November	21.32	12.45	14.55	11.48	20.81	11.69	19.32	11.90
December	26.85	12.93	19.43	12.54	27.29	12.62	29.30	12.97
January	29.29	12.58	23.36	12.54	35.35	12.38	40.11	12.95
February	29.49	11.74	26.60	11.71	38.38	11.41	43.16	12.44
March	28.41	12.90	27.82	12.37	37.36	12.21	43.43	13.04
April	26.74	12.41	29.18	12.25	33.39	11.71	41.30	12.52
May	23.95	12.64	29.13	12.32	31.86	12.37	37.96	12.75
June	20.74	12.50	29.25	12.16	28.01	11.40	32.88	12.61
July	19.27	12.76	28.23	12.76	24.80	11.80	27.06	12.94
August	17.03	12.40	26.21	12.65	20.24	11.31	20.29	12.86
September	15.06	12.05	22.32	12.39	16.06	11.07	15.85	12.49
Total	275.26	149.36	289.62	147.00	333.32	142.42	364.84	150.39

	2004-05		2005-06		2006-07		2007-08		2008-09
	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption
October	15.19	12.97	28.06	13.97	29.88	15.74	22.03	16.41	22.45	14.93
November	20.22	12.49	30.58	13.60	33.87	16.15	23.90	15.20	22.10	15.26
December	28.69	13.83	40.20	14.75	44.25	16.74	35.40	16.91	25.46	16.23
January	39.81	13.16	52.05	14.84	53.39	16.52	44.89	16.69	28.42	15.29
February	47.02	12.77	56.37	13.80	60.27	15.41	51.52	16.33	31.48	14.66
March	50.63	13.75	58.54	15.49	56.29	16.56	50.86	16.59	33.59	15.74
April	54.31	13.60	56.52	14.87	56.59	16.29	50.73	16.18	34.48	15.45
May	52.83	14.05	57.35	15.30	48.51	16.08	48.52	17.05	35.56	16.12
June	49.30	13.89	54.16	15.17	43.30	16.07	43.94	16.66	36.78	16.27
July	43.88	14.04	50.31	15.77	37.35	16.52	38.39	16.63	35.67	17.26
August	38.43	15.73	40.01	16.30	31.46	16.68	31.17	15.88	33.06	16.91
September	31.96	13.70	33.07	16.23	24.82	16.13	23.23	15.15	29.63	16.61
Total	472.27	163.98	557.22	180.09	519.98	194.89	464.58	195.68	368.68	190.73

	2009-10(P)
	Stock	Consumption
October	28.49	16.60
November	32.41	16.77
December	42.03	17.66
January	56.00	17.67
February	53.97	16.84
March	59.82	17.59
April	58.02	17.55
May	55.46	17.85
June	57.58	17.99
July	55.01	18.31
August	38.68	19.14
September	29.70	18.83
Total	567.17	212.80

Scale: lakh bales
P:Provisional
Source : Office of the Textile Commisioner, Ministry of Textile, Government of India
Information compiled by M Sabesh, CICR