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Cotton facts

Principal cotton exporting countries/regions (tonnes '000)

Country-ranked 
by production 
Production
1993/94
 % exp. of prod. 93/94

Exports (% = of global exports)

1991/2 % 1992/3 % 1993/4 %

1. China

3,739

4

131 2 149 3 163 3

2.US

3,515

42

1,447

24

1,132

21

1,494

26

3.India

2,095

3

0

0

243

4

65

1

4.Pakistan

1,312

5

448

7

256

4

69

1

5.Uzbekistan

1,300

99

1,042

17

1,300

24

1,288

22

6.Turkey

580

19

1

59

1

109

2

7.  Africa/
francophone
(mainly Mali / Benin)

546

95

530

9

541

10

523

9

8.Turkmenistan

430

90

383

6

350

6

390

7

9.Brazil

428

0

31

0

24

0

1

0

10.Australia

329

111

459

8

371

7

367

6

11.Greece

318

43

79

1

83

1

138

2

12.Argentina

227

25

123

2

47

1

56

1

13.Syria

213

87