Gujarat will be the top producer with 125 lakh bales, followed by Maharashtra (70 lakh bales) and Andhra Pradesh (65 lakh bales), as per estimates arrived at its board meeting last night, ICF president J Thulasidharan said in a release issued here.
The Central Zone, comprising Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, would have a crop size of 55 lakh bales each, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka (18 lakh bales each), Tamil Nadu (5 lakh bales) and Odisha (3 lakh bales), he said.
While Cotton Advisory Board has pegged production at 375 lakh bales, Cotton Association of India estimated the output at 378 lakh bales.