WELCOME TO COTTON SA ECONOMIC UPDATE - OCTOBER 2008 ( Updated - 2008/10/02 )
CURRENT MARKET REPORT	( 2008/10/02 - 134 KB )
According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), the sharp decrease in cotton prices in September could be attributed to the departure of investors from commodity markets, the uncertainty regarding the global economy and the lack of demand from Chinese spinning mills. As the US finan ...

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 COTTON IN SOUTH AFRICA
	In 1516, according to historical documents a certain Barbosa met natives in South Africa who grew cotton and wore cotton clothing. This was a type of wild cotton, species of which still exist today. The first cotton seed was planted in 1690 in the Western Cape, more or less 40 years after the arriva ...