India's cotton output is projected to be 11.7 per cent higher at around 380 lakh bales (170 kg each) in the 2013-14 cotton season on account of good monsoon and increase in acreage.Cotton season is between October to September.In the current season, the natural fibre production was around 340 lakh bales. The Minister of Textiles, Kavuru Sambasiva Rao, said in the next season, the cotton production is expected to be not less than 380 lakh bales. The increase in output is likely to be on account of good monsoon mainly in cotton growing states and increase in acreage, he added.Gujarat, which is the highest yielding state in India,has seen an increase of more than 10 per cent in acreage onthe back of a good monsoon.Asked about the natural fibre exports in the upcoming year, Rao said, the Cotton Advisory Board ,CAB, would take a decision on cotton exports soon.In this season, the country exported about 100 lakh bales of the natural fibre.