India’s cotton exports could fall to 4.4 million bales in 2018/19, as production fell to its lowest level in nine years. Lower exports of the world’s largest cotton producer could finance world prices, which are traded near their lowest level in 3 and a half years and would help rivals such as the United States, Brazil and Australia to increase burdens to key Asian buyers such as China, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Venezuela Becomes India’s Fourth Strategic Crude Supplier Amid Global Energy Realignment
A sharp increase in bilateral shipments during the second quarter of 2026 positions Venezuelan crude as a key alternative for Indian supply, historically accounting for nearly 80% of the Asian nation’s total imports from the South American country.
