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Related Keywords: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali, cotton producing countries, Cotton-4, decline cotton export, global ending cotton stock, ICAC, over subsidies, policy change in China, raw cotton output, shrink significantly, world cotton trade

The Cotton-4 (C-4), the main four cotton producing countries Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali (C4) in Africa, which account for about 40 percent of the continent’s raw cotton output. have raised concerns over subsidies and trade policies after the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) said in its 2014-15 outlook that world cotton trade could shrink significantly this year and probably in years to come.

African countries have gone to WTO to seek information about trade policies; India’s cotton subsidies under scanner.

Related Keywords: cotton farmers, ICAC, international cotton price, Polyester price, World cotton consumption, Zimbabwe Farmer, Zimbabwean cotton industry

The increase in world consumption of cotton likely to bring revival in the Zimbabwean cotton industry as the cotton farmers are expected to benefit from the anticipated world demand since the development is set to boost the current cotton prices.

According to the International Cotton Advisory Committee (Icac) an association of governments of cotton producing, consuming and trading countries, with polyester and cotton prices converging, world consumption of cotton is forecast to increase by 5% to 24,5 million tonnes in 2014/15.

Related Keywords: Chinese cotton production, cotton, cotton industry, ICAC, Indian cotton output

India sees the possibility of surpassing Chinese cotton output of 6 million tons by touching 6.3 million tons in 2014-15. As China, the largest producer of cotton is expected to witness a decline by 10 percent from 6.7 million tons in 2013-14 to six million tons in 2014-15 mainly due to the Chinese government’s decision to according to the International Cotton Advisory Committee.