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COTTON SA MARKET REPORT
AS AT 1 NOV. 2018
Production decreases are expected from the world's top 3 cotton producing countries
s far as the local outlook is concerned, the 10th estimate for the 2017/18 production
Ayear indicates a cotton crop of 196 206 lint bales for the RSA, an increase of 153%
over the previous season and more or less unchanged from last month’s estimate.
Dryland and irrigation hectares show increases of 68% and 167% respectively over the
previous year mainly due to the more favourable prices of cotton in relation to competitive
crops but also due to renewed interest in cotton production.
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