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On May 17, 2023 the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture published a special regulatory order amending the Plant Quarantine Rules 2018, thereby allowing the importation of U.S. cotton into Bangladesh without fumigation on-arrival.

Post forecasts MY 2023/24 cotton fiber production at 700,000 bales (480 lb.) The MY 2022/23 estimate for exports has dropped to 650,000 bales.

The 2022 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook provides a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural commodity exports to the world during the 2022 calendar year.

The recovery of monsoon rain levels in August has led to improved soil moisture in Central India which will bolster crop development.

MY 2019/20 (August to July) area for Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali is forecast at 1.4 million hectares (HA), a 1.5 percent increase from the previous year primarily due to higher area in Mali....

Mexican cotton producers have faced a shortage of available cotton seed for marketing year (MY) 2019/20 planting, resulting in an expected reduction in planting and production, which reached....

Cotton consumption is lowered for both 2018/19 and 2019/20, mostly due to uncertain global demand for Chinese textiles.

The Turkish cotton crop for MY 2019/20 is now estimated at 570,000 hectares and 900,000 MT (4.1 million bales).

Post forecasts Brazil’s 2019/20 marketing year (MY) cotton area to reach 1.6 million hectares (ha), nearly unchanged from the MY 2018/19 planted area estimate of 1.59 million ha.