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Cotton facts
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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| 9.Brazil |
428 |
0 |
31 |
0 |
24 |
0 |
1 |
0
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| 10.Australia |
329 |
111 |
459 |
8 |
371 |
7 |
367 |
6
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| 11.Greece |
318 |
43 |
79 |
1 |
83 |
1 |
138 |
2 |
| 12.Argentina |
227 |
25 |
123 |
2 |
47 |
1 |
56 |
1 |
| 13.Syria |
213 |
87 |
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