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West Africa collectively the third largest cotton exporter, says USDA report
18 Mar '06
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Burkina Faso, Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, and Benin account for about 80 percent of cotton production in West Africa and 90 percent in Francophone West Africa.
In a United States Department of Agriculture report prepared by Prepared by Susan Reid titled: Cotton and Products West Africa Region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mali, states that while domestic cotton lint consumption is less than 10 percent of the region's cotton distribution, exports, primarily destined for Asia, account for the remainder.
Collectively, Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin, and Cote d'Ivoire are the third largest world exporter of cotton behind the United States and Uzbekistan.
In line with the World Bank/IMF recommendations, all four countries are pursuing, albeit at varying stages, steps to liberalize state-controlled cotton sectors.
Click to download report: Cotton and Products West Africa Region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mali.
In a United States Department of Agriculture report prepared by Prepared by Susan Reid titled: Cotton and Products West Africa Region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mali, states that while domestic cotton lint consumption is less than 10 percent of the region's cotton distribution, exports, primarily destined for Asia, account for the remainder.
Collectively, Burkina Faso, Mali, Benin, and Cote d'Ivoire are the third largest world exporter of cotton behind the United States and Uzbekistan.
In line with the World Bank/IMF recommendations, all four countries are pursuing, albeit at varying stages, steps to liberalize state-controlled cotton sectors.
Click to download report: Cotton and Products West Africa Region: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, and Mali.
United States Department of Agriculture
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