On export of waste cotton, Mr. Mathivanan said spinning mills sent out 27 lakh bales of waste cotton a day, of which 7.5 lakh bales were exported. This affected the open-end spinning mills, which required about 23.2 lakh bales a day. Representatives from Palladam, Rasipuram, Salem and Tirupur participated.>Source: TheHindu.com

Date:6/21/2008

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