Cotton and Wool Outlook: April 2012
- by Leslie Meyer, Stephen MacDonald and James Kiawu
- 4/12/2012
Overview
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) cotton forecast for 2011/12 projects global cotton consumption to decrease for the second consecutive season. With recent high cotton prices that encouraged fiber substitution and the global economic uncertainty facing consumers, world mill use is projected to decrease to its lowest since 2003/04.
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Table 1--U.S. cotton supply and use estimates
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Table 2--World cotton supply and use estimates
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Table 3--U.S. fiber supply
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Table 4--U.S. fiber demand
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Table 5--U.S. and world fiber prices
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Table 6--U.S. textile imports, by fiber
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Table 7--U.S. textile exports, by fiber
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Table 8--U.S. cotton textile imports, by origin
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Table 9--U.S. cotton textile, exports, by destination
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Table 10--U.S. actual and projected cotton acreage
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