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Cotton planted area for MY2019/20, is forecast to remain at MY2018/19 levels, mainly on expected growth in Chihuahua offsetting reductions in other states due to lower income....

Due to little or no growth expected in textile exports, cotton imports are forecast to increase only marginally in 2019/20.

Pakistan’s marketing year 2019/20 cotton production is forecast at 8 million 480 lb bales, up 500,000 bales from the revised 2018/19 estimate.

Post forecasts Brazil’s 2019/20 marketing year (MY) cotton area to reach 1.65 million hectares (ha), an increase of 5 percent compared to the current MY estimate of 1.57 million ha.

MY 2019/20 (August to July) area for Senegal, Burkina Faso and Mali is forecast at 1.56 million hectares (HA), a 12 percent increase from the previous year on the expectation....

The government of Uzbekistan is expected to continue to lower the targeted cotton planting area and production and in marketing year (MY) 2019/20....

Turkish cotton planting and production for Marketing Year (MY) 2019/20 is projected to be about 540,000 hectares and 900,000 metric tons (4.13 million bales).

Greece is the EU’s main cotton grower, accounting for more than 80 percent of total European production.

India’s marketing year (MY) 2019/20 cotton production estimate is 29.3 million 480 lb. bales on 12.45 million hectares. Yields are expected to rebound in most of the states after an erratic monsoon...

MY2018/19 and MY2019/20 cotton imports are expected to grow at a slow pace due to high cotton prices and economic uncertainty. Imports of U.S. cotton are expected to decline significantly....

In January 2019, China approved five new genetically engineered traits and renewed the bio-safety certificates for 26 traits previously approved.

China’s food regulatory regime continues to evolve. In 2017, China issued numerous new regulations and measures to reflect the requirements introduced under the 2015 Food Safety Law.