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For MY 2017/18, total area and production levels for West Africa are estimated to increase 2.75 percent to 2.95 million 480 lb. bales assuming good weather and strong farm gate prices.

U.S. exporters who want to enter or expand in India’s market have an array of opportunities available due to the country’s growing population and increasing demand for food and agricultural goods.

Post forecasts marketing year (MY) 2017/18 total cotton production for Mexico up to 1.12 million bales, due to increased planting areas.

The MY 2017/2018 Turkish cotton crop is now estimated at 460,000 hectares and 840,000 MT (3.2 million bales).

FAS Mumbai forecasts MY 2017/18 cotton production at 30.1 million 480 lb. bales on acreage slightly over 12.2 million hectares.

Higher cotton prices in MY16/17 and continued government support to cotton production stimulated the recovery of Chinese cotton planted area in MY17/18, up 5.9 percent to 3.12 million hectares....

Pakistan’s 2017/18 cotton production is forecast at 9.0 million 480 lb bales, down slightly from the current USDA estimate due to a slight reduction in area as projected yields are largely unchanged.

On August 2, 2017, the Turkish Government Official Gazette published the Biosafety Board Decisions on genetically engineered feed imports.

News on developments in agriculture and food in Egypt.

For MY 2016/17 (August to July) total cotton production for Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali and Senegal is estimated to rise 18 percent to 1.8 million metric tons (MMT) due to higher area....

A number of Cooperators held promotional events in May 2017, including the California Olive Oil Council, which is the most recent Cooperator to arrive in the Japanese market.

Post revised the MY 2017/18 cotton production forecast to 29 million 480 lb. bales based upon prospects of a normal monsoon.