COTTON CONSUMPTION AND STOCK POSITION (SSI) : COTTON YEAR-WISE

	1996-97		1997-98		1998-99		1999-2000		2000-01
	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption
October	0.49	0.57	0.64	0.62	0.41	0.48	0.68	0.60	1.01	0.79
November	0.48	0.51	0.62	0.63	0.47	0.50	0.76	0.58	1.13	0.88
December	0.57	0.59	0.66	0.66	0.51	0.50	0.84	0.68	1.32	0.89
January	0.59	0.63	0.70	0.66	0.56	0.47	0.90	0.70	1.33	0.90
February	0.66	0.62	0.66	0.56	0.59	0.44	0.92	0.69	1.29	0.85
March	0.82	0.71	0.56	0.52	0.64	0.49	0.98	0.75	1.35	0.94
April	0.86	0.63	0.57	0.46	0.68	0.50	0.97	0.70	1.31	0.95
May	0.89	0.63	0.50	0.45	0.75	0.52	1.00	0.69	1.28	0.92
June	0.80	0.63	0.53	0.47	0.72	0.54	1.05	0.69	1.22	0.94
July	0.75	0.67	0.58	0.52	0.74	0.57			1.10	1.00
August	0.74	0.66	0.53	0.51	0.73	0.61			1.05	0.95
September	0.71	0.65	0.45	0.48	0.71	0.62			0.96	0.96
Total	8.36	7.50	7.00	6.54	7.51	6.24	8.10	6.08	14.35	10.97

	2001-02		2002-03		2003-04		2004-05		2005-06
	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption
October	0.91	0.92	1.54	0.98	1.22	0.95	1.37	1.23	1.87	1.47
November	1.10	0.94	1.56	0.93	1.37	1.00	1.44	1.23	1.98	1.49
December	1.23	1.05	1.66	0.99	1.51	1.07	1.65	1.36	2.36	1.60
January	1.33	1.03	1.77	0.96	1.80	1.03	1.84	1.30	2.78	1.56
February	1.37	1.02	1.91	0.91	2.08	1.05	2.03	1.26	2.81	1.44
March	1.47	0.98	2.10	0.94	2.11	1.10	2.27	1.42	2.92	1.70
April	1.59	0.95	1.89	0.92	2.08	1.08	2.41	1.38	2.92	1.49
May	1.57	0.95	1.90	0.96	2.00	1.08	2.37	1.40	2.75	1.50
June	1.68	0.95	1.82	1.00	1.86	1.10	2.26	1.38	2.87	1.59
July	1.76	0.98	1.70	1.00	1.72	1.16	2.57	1.56	2.74	1.65
August	1.73	0.96	1.54	1.01	1.51	1.18	2.40	1.56	2.83	1.66
September	1.63	0.97	1.28	1.03	1.42	1.19	1.98	1.49	2.63	1.70
Total	17.37	11.70	20.67	11.63	20.68	12.99	24.59	16.57	31.46	18.85

	2006-07		2007-08		2008-09		2009-10(P)
	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption	Stock	Consumption
October	2.35	1.59	2.03	1.92	1.92	1.61	2.69	1.70
November	2.44	1.66	2.03	1.75	1.98	1.68	2.75	1.77
December	2.64	1.75	2.44	1.94	2.18	1.75	2.98	1.83
January	2.88	1.70	2.93	1.84	2.26	1.64	3.29	1.62
February	2.96	1.70	2.92	1.81	2.38	1.57	3.29	1.69
March	2.91	1.83	2.89	1.85	2.43	1.77	3.39	1.88
April	2.98	1.77	3.05	1.80	2.63	1.67	3.38	1.67
May	2.95	1.81	3.32	1.90	2.78	1.71	3.34	1.72
June	2.78	1.78	3.09	1.89	2.79	1.73	3.27	1.75
July	2.60	1.90	2.86	1.87	2.93	1.72	3.20	1.77
August	2.39	1.87	2.67	1.74	2.97	1.68	2.96	1.87
September	2.16	1.90	2.18	1.75	2.85	1.68	2.7	1.96
Total	32.04	21.26	32.41	22.06	30.10	20.21	37.24	21.23

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