Cotton arrivals from the new crop in India, the world's second-largest producer of the fibre, have fallen 29 percent in the current season that began in October, the Cotton Corp of India said on Monday. Arrivals until November 18 fell to 2.26 million bales of 170 kg each, down from 3.2 million bales a year earlier, the state-run procurement agency said in a statement.

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