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WELCOME TO COTTON SA ECONOMIC UPDATE - MARCH 2010 ( Updated - 2010/03/02 )
CURRENT MARKET REPORT	( 2010/03/02 - 115 KB )
According to The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), the surge in cotton prices during February was due to reduced world cotton production and rebounding mill use which are expected to lead to a major drop in world cotton stocks. The Cotlook A index (an indicator of world cotton prices) ...

COTTON SECTOR STRATEGY PLAN

In support of the President’s call for closer partnership between the public and private sectors to develop action plans to help realise this vision, South Africa’s cotton growers joined by their input suppliers, output processors and the National Department of Agriculture, developed a strategic plan for the South African Cotton Sector with the following strategic objectives.

• Growing farm output to a stable 370 000 lint bales by 2007,

• Broadening participation to enable emerging farmers to contribute on average 25% of the National cotton crop by 2007 and 35% by 2014, ...

HISTORY OF THE COTTON MARK
	The Cotton Mark is a registered trademark launched by South African cotton producers as a quality mark for cotton merchandise. Since 1985, the use of the Cotton Mark was granted to most of the important players in the cotton pipeline and the mark has become a true standard against which all cott ...