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Most C3+2 countries [1] experienced a bad rainy season with delayed and intermittent rains.

Post/New MY 2015/2016 total Mexican cotton production is forecast to decrease approximately 19 percent due to an expected decrease in planted area.

In 2015/16, Australian cotton production is forecast to be 2.2 million bales assuming average rainfall.

Pakistan’s 2015/16 cotton production is forecast at 10 million 480 lb bales, down slightly from the current year as yields are forecast lower than the near record level achieved in 2014.

Post forecasts planted area for cotton on 2015/16 to drop to 950,000 hectares as a result of low global prices and high cost of production.

Cotton is a crop of high importance for Greek agricultural production, accounting for more than 8 percent of total agricultural output.

Turkish Marketing Year (MY) 2015 cotton area and production are projected to decline about 12 percent after a short recovery from last year.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation announced it would not directly provide cash subsidies for MY2015/16, after offering such subsidies to farmers for the first time in MY2014/15.

Thailand’s MY2015/16 cotton imports are forecast to increase slightly from level’s in MY2014/15.

Favorable cotton prices relative to synthetic fibers prices, combined with the expansion of large mills, have led to higher imports and consumption of cotton.

Uzbekistan's marketing year (MY) 2014/15 final lint production estimate decreased to 4.25 million bales.

India’s 2015 cotton production is forecast at 29.3 million 480 lb. bales on 12 million acres; more than a million bales lower than USDA’s official 2014 estimate and a 5 percent acreage reduction.