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Cottonseed Oilcake

Cotton-seed Oilcake is one of the most important oilcake used in feed industry. Its local demand is so high that export is very limited. It is actively traded in markets as well on commodity exchanges for futures trading. It is also known to be used as organic manure due to contents of nitrogen, potash and phosphorus in it.

Cotton is mainly grown in western and southern India. The sowing is done during June-July period and harvesting starts from October. The other main producers are China & US. Cotton seed oilcake extracted by scientific method is known as decorticated one. In India, it is mainly extracted by primitive method and known as undecorticated cotton seed oilcake.

General Specification:
undecorticated cotton seed oilcake
Moisture: 9% max Fibre: 27% max Oil: 6% min Sand + Silica: 2.5%-3% Protein: 22% min

India' export of cottonseed oilcake is limited with South Korea, China, Taiwan being the major buyers.

 
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