Turkey: Cotton and Products Annual
Marketing Year (MY) 2016 Turkish cotton area and production are projected to increase about 15 percent. Planting area is expected to be 425,000 hectares and production is forecast at 650,000 metric tons (MT) (2.98 million bales). High local cotton prices and low returns on alternative crop such as corn during MY 2015 were the main reason for the increase. Domestic consumption however is expected to decline in MY 2015 is due slowdown in exports of textile products.