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Post’s forecast for MY18/19 cotton planted area is 3.38 million hectares (MHa), up from the estimated 3.35 MHa in MY17/18.

MY2018/19 cotton imports are forecast to increase slightly despite closure of several spinning mills in MY2017/18.

On April 1, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued its temperature outlook for April to June 2018.

MY 2018/19 (August to July) total area for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali and Senegal is projected to decrease to 1.67 million hectares (HA) due to the possibility of limited credit and inputs....

In MY 2018/19, raw cotton production is forecast to rise to 128,000 bales on expected good weather and expanded cultivation area of American Upland cotton through the help of extension activities.

Timely precipitation in March and better margins compared to alternative crops led Spanish farmers to increase the area planted to cotton in MY2018/19.

Post forecasts cotton planted area for 2018/19 to increase to 1.2 million hectares, the highest level since 2012, based on higher prices and domestic demand.

The United States’ position as the leading supplier of cotton to Indonesia was overtaken by Brazil during the period August 2017 to January 2018.

FAS India’s 2018/19 cotton production forecast is 28.7 million 480 lb. bales on 11.9 million hectares.

On April 4, 2018, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) and Ministry of Finance (MOF) separately announced a proposal to levy retaliatory tariffs of 25 percent....

Uzbekistan is a major producer of cotton. The government continues to lower the targeted cotton planting area and production of seed cotton to increase vegetable and fruit production....

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