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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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