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The report provides an update on the Biosafety Act legislation in Thailand. The report also provides information on possible labeling regulation changes for manufactured/imported foods containing...

Depressed consumer purchasing power in Indonesia and weaker export markets for finished Indonesian textiles has driven Post’s estimate of MY2015/16 Indonesian cotton consumption to 2.94 million...

MY2016/17 cotton imports are likely to recover from a recent downturn in anticipation of a sustained economic recovery and increased domestic demand for garments in the first half of the year.

The first advance planted area estimates for 2016 indicate that a normal monsoon led to a marginal increase in overall Kharif season planting area. While the area seeded under pulses increased...

MY 2016 Turkish cotton crop is now estimated at 400,000 hectares and 705,000 metric tons (MT) (3.2 million bales). Suitable weather conditions, quality seeds and good farming practices...

Better yield prospects in Northern India have prompted a revision of the MY 2016/17 production estimate to 27 million 480 lb. bales while area has been revised lower to 10.5 million hectares...

Area planted to cotton in MY 2016/17 has declined slightly compared to 2015/16 levels as a consequence of rains in the planting season.

Pakistan’s 2016/17 cotton production is forecast at 8.25 million 480 lb bales, up 250,000 bales from the previous estimate.

Rains have caused flooding in five states, although pan-India rainfall is three percent below the 10-year average for the southwest monsoon (June 1 through Aug. 28).

At a combined $23.8 billion, China and Hong Kong represent 18 percent of U.S. agricultural exports to the world, up from 10 percent just a decade ago.

On August 2, 2016, the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) released its Fourth Advance Estimate for Indian Crop Year (ICY) 2015/16 (July/June).

Post forecasts India’s 2016/17 cotton production at 26.5 million 480 lb. bales on 11 million hectares.