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While trade tensions and China’s retaliatory tariffs slashed U.S. agricultural exports to China in 2018 and 2019,

Post estimates cotton production at 29.4 million 480-lb bales in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 on an area of 13 million hectares.

Marketing year (MY) 2020/21 (August to July) harvested area for Mali, Senegal, and Burkina Faso is forecast to decrease 45 percent from the previous year to 738,000 hectares (HA) primarily due to...

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.

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....

The Turkish cotton crop for MY 2020/21 is now estimated at 350,000 hectares and 615,000 MT (2.825 million bales). Low yields, unattractive cotton prices, inflated costs...

The Mexican cotton sector is facing a myriad of challenges, resulting in significant impacts to production in marketing year 2020/21, while COVID-19 demand reductions and supply chain impacts...

Post estimates cotton production at 28.9 million 480-lb bales in marketing year (MY) 2020/21 on an area of 12.9 million hectares.

In marketing year (MY) 20/21 (August/July), China’s cotton consumption and cotton imports are projected to recover to 8 million metric tons (MMT) and 1.96 MMT respectively...

Post forecasts 2020/21 cotton area planted at 1.5 million hectares (ha), down 10 percent from the current harvest.