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Uzbek cotton production is estimated at about 4.08 million bales (890,000 MT) for MY2016/17. A warmer than usual winter, lack of water, pest problems and replanting all caused...

China is the world’s largest importer of genetically engineered (GE) crops and one of the largest producers of GE cotton in the world, but it has not yet approved any major GE food crops...

Post forecasts Brazil’s 2016/17 cotton area at 940,000 hectares (ha), a two percent drop compared to the previous year.

Post forecasts Brazil’s 2016/17 cotton area at 910,000 hectares (ha), a five percent drop compared to the previous year.

In 2016/17, cotton production is expected to reach 2.5 million bales, assuming the continuation of average seasonal conditions.

MY 2015/16 seed cotton production in Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, and Chad is expected to fall 7 percent from USDA official numbers to 1.7 million tons...

Expecting lower farmer earnings as a result of the implementation of new cotton policies since MY14/15, cotton acreage is forecast to shrink once again by 9%, to its lowest level in twelve years.

Pakistan’s marketing year 2016/17 cotton production is forecast at 9.0 million 480 lb bales, an improvement over 2015.

MY 2016/2017 Uzbek cotton planted area and production is forecast at 1.255 million hectares and nearly 3.29 MMT of seed cotton, respectively.

India’s 2016/17 cotton production forecast is 28.5 million 480 lb. bales on marginally lower acreage of 11.8 million hectares.

Post estimates that cotton planted area in Vietnam likely drops to less than 1,000 hectares.

MY2016/17 cotton imports are forecast to increase only slightly from the downturn in MY2013/14.