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Global cotton production hit by lower prices

06/10/2015

Global cotton production is expected to fall by 9% to 23.8 million tons in 2015/16 due to significantly lower cotton prices in 2014/15, according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee. China’s imports of cotton are forecast to fall by 12% to 1.6 million ton in 2015/2016 - 30% of its peak volume of imports in 2011/12. The Chinese...

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