Cotton looks stable (+2.8 per cent), but real costs surged 10–15 per cent.
Gas up 107–200 per cent, dyes +20–30 per cent, 11 per cent import duty returns, and freight adds ₹12–55/garment.
Tiruppur cut output 50 per cent, Surat mills shut 2 days/week. With 4.5 million bale imports and mills under stress, cotton’s ‘safe-haven’ tag is eroding fast.
Gas up 107–200 per cent, dyes +20–30 per cent, 11 per cent import duty returns, and freight adds ₹12–55/garment.
Tiruppur cut output 50 per cent, Surat mills shut 2 days/week. With 4.5 million bale imports and mills under stress, cotton’s ‘safe-haven’ tag is eroding fast.
