India imposes duty on cotton imports, how about the impact?
- On Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of India says in her budget speech in parliament that India will impose 10% duty on cotton import to help farmers. A levy on overseas purchases will potentially support local prices amid higher domestic production and prevent distress sales by the growers. There is no duty on cotton imports until now. After our analysis, this move is mostly to digest its domestic cotton inventory, improve Indian cotton prices and reduce the loss of CCI via cotton auction. In addition, cotton imports of India have decreased apparently. In short, this move may ha...