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The 2024/25 cotton area estimate is revised downward to 2 million hectares due to a decrease in cultivation in key production areas of Punjab and Sindh. With the lower area, the production forecast is lowered to 5.55 million bales.

Monthly report on crop acreage, yield and production in major countries worldwide. Sources include reporting from FAS’s worldwide offices, official statistics of foreign governments....

This monthly report includes data on U.S. and global trade, production, consumption and stocks, as well as analysis of developments affecting world trade in cotton.

On August 2, 2024, several ministries and regulatory bodies in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) jointly announced that seven substances including cannabidiol (CBD) are subject to the management controls of precursor chemicals starting from September 1, 2024.

EU grain production in MY 2024/25 is expected to decline from last year’s levels due to a combination of smaller area planted to grains and lower yields affecting all grains except for barley and oats.

In line with gradual economic recovery due to improving COVID-19 pandemic conditions, Indonesia’s cotton consumption is forecast to increase to 2.5 million bales in 2021/22, up approximately 2 percent from 2.45 million bales in 2020/21.

Post forecasts 2021/22 planted cotton area at 1.52 million hectares (ha), with production at 12.6 million bales (2.74 million metric tons – MMT), more than a 10 percent greater than the 2020/21 estimated production of 10.68 million bales (2.33 MMT).

The Government of Bangladesh has demonstrated a willingness to adopt and implement a modern agricultural policy framework and guidelines which support the safe and appropriate use of science and technology, including biotechnology, to address the...

FAS Mumbai (Post) forecasts marketing year (MY) 2021/2022 cotton production at 28 million 480 lb. bales on an area of 12.4 million hectares. Rains in early October delayed the harvest, but the pace of arrivals is picking up, which is expected to...

Mexico's marketing year 2021/22 cotton harvest is ongoing and proceeding well, due to optimal weather conditions and sufficient water supplies in almost all producing states. Good international prices for fiber and high global and domestic demand...

The harvested cotton area for Mali, Senegal, and Burkina Faso for marketing year (MY) 2021/22 (August to July) is forecast to increase 81 percent to 1.33 million hectares from the previous year. The increase follows a 12 percent lift in gate prices...

MY2021/22 cotton import demand is expected to increase 9 percent, well below average annual import demand prior to the COVID-19 pandemic due to slow economic recovery. MY2020/21 cotton imports further declined 15 percent from MY2019/20. Imports of U...