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On March 26, 2020, China Customs (GACC) published Announcement No. 43 on Adjusting the Supervision of Imported Cotton, eliminating the requirement for quality inspection of all imported cotton...

China’s marketing year (MY) 20/21 cotton production is forecast at 5.95 million metric tons (MMT) compared to an estimated 5.9 MMT in MY19/20, based on a slight acreage decline and a return...

As of March 2020, Uzbekistan liberalized the cotton market with a presidential decree. Starting from the 2020 harvest season, State regulation of cotton production, price and mandatory sales plan...

Due to the global economic slowdown resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and declining domestic consumer spending, Indonesia’s consumption and imports of cotton are forecast to decline five percent...

Post estimates Vietnam’s cotton imports for marketing year (MY) 2019/2020 down to 1.28 million metric tons (MMT), or 5.90 million bales, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic...

MY2020/21 cotton imports are expected to grow at a slow pace in anticipation of weak or no economic recovery. MY2019/20 cotton imports reduce sharply due to an economic downturn caused by the COVID-19

Marketing year (MY) 2020/21 (August to July) area for Mali, Burkina Faso, and Senegal is forecast to increase three percent to 1.37 million hectares (HA) compared to the previous year...

In market year (MY) 2020/21, cotton area harvested is forecast to drop by almost 35 percent to 65,000 hectares (ha), from 100,000 ha in MY 2019/20.

Post forecasts cotton planted area at 1.7 million hectares in the 2020/21 marketing year (MY), up from 1.68 million hectares in 2019/20 MY. Production is forecast to increase to 13.5 million bales...

Australia’s cotton production is forecast to partially recover in 2020/21 and rise to 1.7 million bales, from a revised estimate of 625,000 bales in 2019/20.

The Mexican cotton sector is facing a myriad of challenges, that coupled with reduced global demand and low global prices, will result in a reduction in planted area and production...

In MY 2019/20, cotton production is estimated at 1.67 million bales, up 18.8 percent from the previous season due to significant area increase, favorable weather conditions during harvest...