According to data available with TNIE, the average cotton price hovered around Rs 10,000-Rs 12,000 per quintal last year, while the highest this year — Rs 7.680 per quintal — was recorded on Monday. Similarly, farmers sold 2,71,260 quintals of cotton between October 2022 to February this year compared to 5,88,375 quintals during the same period the year before.
