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Following two years of declining planted area, global cotton area for 2017/18 is projected to increase by 11 per cent to 32.5 million hectares

Consumption of Turkish cotton is expected to hit a 10-year high next year as the country’s cotton industry invests in new technology.

Consumption of Turkish cotton is expected to hit a 10-year high next year as the country’s cotton industry invests in new technology.

Consumption of Turkish cotton is expected to hit a 10-year high next year as the country’s cotton industry invests in new technology.

The quality of grease, represented by its unit cost, plays a significant role in deciding the frequency of application, affirm D Shanmuganandam, J Sreenivasan and N Parthasarathy. As we are aware, wrong selection and inadequate quantity of lubricants and inappropriate frequency of application not only affect the working performance of machines.

Asian countries, particularly China and India, should boost their cotton consumption. Jose Sette, executive director of Washington, DC-based International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) speaking in Mumbai at the 8th Asian Textile Conference stated that although increasing cotton yield per hectare is important in India, China and India should focus on increasing its per capita cotton consumption.

At the end of 2013/14, international cotton prices were around 80 US cents/lb and have continued falling in the first two months of the new season. Given the predicted 1.8 million tons of surplus cotton production and changes in China’s cotton policy,