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.
