HC Deb 03 March 1924 vol 170 c949
9. Sir WALTER de FRECE

asked the Under-Secretary of State for India what is the total output of cotton in India during the last three seasons; the amount retained for home consumption and the amount exported, with, in the latter case, its allocation according to the purchasing

Area and yield of Cotton in India.
— 1920–21. 1921–22. 1922–23.
Area (acres) … … 21,340,000 18,454,000 21,077,000
Yield (bales) … … 3,601,000 4,479,000 5,181,000
(tons) … … 643,000 800,000 925,000
Exports of Raw Cotton from India by Sea.
To United Kingdom … tons 17,144 6,390 34,220
To Germany … tons 35,959 41,918 46,891
To Netherlands … tons 2,110 958 1,717
To Belgium … tons 43,378 35,411 45,011
To France … tons 6,867 10,122 22,557
To Spain … tons 13,675 5,387 11,726
To Italy … tons 38,016 27,570 43,094
To Austria … tons 6,098 5,978 7,595
To Hungary — —
To Ceylon … tons 685 484 926
To Indo-China … tons 1,620 5,275 3,553
To China … tons 34,247 77,758 88,803
To Japan … tons 167,681 314,333 289,465
To United States of America … tons 1,675 1,689 3,898
To Other Countries … tons 1,430 579 941
Total tons 370,585 533,802 600,397
bales 2,073,856 2,981,361 3,362,601

The new area that will be brought under cotton in consequence of the Sakkur barrage project is estimated at not less than 400,000 acres. Experts are at work on cotton in all the provinces where it is grown. Their efforts, as also those of the Government of India, are mainly directed towards improving the quality of the cotton, but success in this direction must ordinarily entail some increase in the amount of cotton grown.