India's cotton exports in 2016-17 are likely to fall 28% from a year ago to 5 million bales as its top buyer Pakistan is set to halve purchases due to rising hostilities and improvement in its own production, industry and government officials said. The lower shipments to Pakistan from the world's biggest cotton producer will help other suppliers such as Brazil, the United States and some African countries in raising exports. Pakistan is likely to import 1 million to 1.5 million bales in the 2016-17 year that started on October 1, down sharply from 2.7 million bales a ...