Where Cottonseed Comes From
Cottonseed is produced wherever cotton is ginned: Saurashtra and North Gujarat (Rajkot, Kadi, Amreli), Vidarbha and Khandesh in Maharashtra (Akola, Jalgaon, Yavatmal), and Telangana (Adilabad, Warangal). Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka also supply it. See the Cotton page for the crop itself.
Oil, Cake and Linters
Cottonseed is either crushed in expellers to give cottonseed oil and khal (cake), or de-linted and solvent-extracted to give refined cottonseed oil and de-oiled cake. Cottonseed oil is a popular cooking oil in Gujarat and Maharashtra and is used by vanaspati and snack makers. Khal is fed to milch cattle across Gujarat, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, so its price moves with the dairy economy. Short fibres called linters go to paper, cellulose and explosives makers.
- Kadi and Rajkot, GujaratCottonseed and khal tradeAboutExplore
- Akola, MaharashtraCottonseed oil cake delivery centreAboutExplore
- NCDEX cottonseed oil cakeFutures and spot priceAboutExplore
- Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)Buys kapas at MSP; sells seed from its ginningAboutExplore
- AWL Agri Business LtdAhmedabad · Fortune edible oils (formerly Adani Wilmar)AboutExplore
- Patanjali Foods LtdRuchi Gold, Nutrela, Patanjali oils (formerly Ruchi Soya)AboutExplore
- Cargill India Pvt LtdGemini and Nature Fresh oilsAboutExplore
- Bunge India Pvt LtdDalda and other oilsAboutExplore
- Marico LtdSaffola edible oils, Parachute coconut oilAboutExplore
- Gokul Agro Resources LtdGandhidham, Gujarat · edible oils and oilseeds processingAboutExplore
- Emami Agrotech LtdKolkata · Emami Healthy & Tasty, mustard and other oilsAboutExplore
- Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA)Mumbai · edible oil and oilmeal industry body; publishes import and export dataAboutExplore
- Indian Oilseeds and Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC)Export promotion for groundnut, sesame and other oilseedsAboutExplore
- National Mission on Edible Oils – OilseedsGovernment mission to raise oilseed output and cut importsAboutExplore
Price Drivers
Cottonseed prices depend on cotton arrivals, cattle-feed demand from the dairy belts of Gujarat, Punjab and Rajasthan, edible oil prices and the export of de-oiled cake. Prices usually fall when ginning is at its peak from November to February and rise in summer, when milk producers need feed and fresh seed is scarce.
Cottonseed by State
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Processed Products
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