India's leading commodity exchange MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange of India) recently launched futures trading in cotton. The contracts for October, December 2011 and January 2012 have been offered for trading.
The trading unit of the cotton futures contract is 25 bales (170 kg a bale) and price quote for the contract is ex-warehouse Rajkot (within 100 km radius) excluding all taxes, duties, levies, and charges, as applicable.
Mr. Ramesh Abhishek, Chairman, Forward Markets Commission observed after launching the contract.
“India is a major producer and exporter of cotton. The cotton futures contract will meet the needs of the whole cotton value chain including farmers, ginners, traders, spinners and textile manufacturers. It will bring about a large gamut of benefits to all stakeholders of the cotton industry,”
Mr. Venkat Chary, Chairman, MCX said ,“The cotton futures can effectively provide a benchmark price for cotton in India, and also help the diverse cotton trade and industry functionaries in managing price risks on their spot and forward transactions in the domestic as well as export markets. Futures trading in cotton will also go a long way in stabilising cotton prices by reducing the short-term and seasonal variations in them, to the benefit of millions of cotton growers in the country,”
Highlights cotton futures contract* The cotton futures contract is a compulsory delivery contract. The physical delivery would be available in multiples of 100 bales.
* The basis delivery center is Rajkot. The additional delivery centers include Jalgaon (Maharashtra), Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Kadi (Gujarat), Abohar (Punjab), Bhatinda (Punjab), Sirsa (Haryana), Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh), Adilabad and Guntur (Andhra Pradesh).
* An individual broker can trade on behalf of his clients up to 1,50,000 bale and the individual trader can trade up to 50,000 bale on the exchange platform.
India, the world’s second biggest producer of cotton, is estimated to have produced a record 33.42 million bale in 2010-11 season that ended last month compared with 24.02 million bale in the previous fiscal.
The other commodity exchanges such as NCDEX and NMCE are already offering cotton futures contract. MCX is a demutualised nationwide electronic futures exchange offers the benefit of fair price discovery and price risk management to the commodity market ecosystem.
The trading unit of the cotton futures contract is 25 bales (170 kg a bale) and price quote for the contract is ex-warehouse Rajkot (within 100 km radius) excluding all taxes, duties, levies, and charges, as applicable.
Mr. Ramesh Abhishek, Chairman, Forward Markets Commission observed after launching the contract.
“India is a major producer and exporter of cotton. The cotton futures contract will meet the needs of the whole cotton value chain including farmers, ginners, traders, spinners and textile manufacturers. It will bring about a large gamut of benefits to all stakeholders of the cotton industry,”
Mr. Venkat Chary, Chairman, MCX said ,“The cotton futures can effectively provide a benchmark price for cotton in India, and also help the diverse cotton trade and industry functionaries in managing price risks on their spot and forward transactions in the domestic as well as export markets. Futures trading in cotton will also go a long way in stabilising cotton prices by reducing the short-term and seasonal variations in them, to the benefit of millions of cotton growers in the country,”
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| Mr. Venkat Chary, Chairman, MCX |
Highlights cotton futures contract* The cotton futures contract is a compulsory delivery contract. The physical delivery would be available in multiples of 100 bales.
* The basis delivery center is Rajkot. The additional delivery centers include Jalgaon (Maharashtra), Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Kadi (Gujarat), Abohar (Punjab), Bhatinda (Punjab), Sirsa (Haryana), Burhanpur (Madhya Pradesh), Adilabad and Guntur (Andhra Pradesh).
* An individual broker can trade on behalf of his clients up to 1,50,000 bale and the individual trader can trade up to 50,000 bale on the exchange platform.
India, the world’s second biggest producer of cotton, is estimated to have produced a record 33.42 million bale in 2010-11 season that ended last month compared with 24.02 million bale in the previous fiscal.
The other commodity exchanges such as NCDEX and NMCE are already offering cotton futures contract. MCX is a demutualised nationwide electronic futures exchange offers the benefit of fair price discovery and price risk management to the commodity market ecosystem.
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