Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh are the major cotton producing States in India. Production in the three major States in the last three years was as follows:
Indian cotton exports amounted to 35 lakh bales in 2008-09, 83 lakh bales in 2009-10 and 70 lakh bales in 2010-11. India is the second largest cotton exporter in the world after the US. With a view to increasing exports from the country, the Government has placed cotton exports under OGL without any quantitative restrictions.