Category: Cotton
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India: Textile margins face a cost squeeze as export opportunities widen
Cotton and yarn inflation is raising pressure across the textile value chain. Trade agreements are improving export competitiveness, but cost pass-through remains critical. India’s textile industry enters FY27 with a sharper contrast between improving export opportunities and rising production costs. Domestic cotton prices increased about 19% between January and May 2026 to around INR 176/kg,…