Cotton is the only crop for which the %SCT was at a relatively high level in 2009-11 (13%). This reflects the significant rise in domestic prices during this period which resulted from a considerable fall in local supply. Cotton production fell every year in 2008-10, and in 2010 was almost at half the 2007 level, although in 2011 production picked up.21 The domestic market deficit was exacerbated by the hike of cotton prices on external markets in 2010-11. In 2009-11, the SCTs varied across the livestock group from 29% for eggs, to 0.1% for sheep meat.