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Turkey's cotton industry have started investing in new technology as the result its domestic cotton consumption is expected to rise to 6.89m 480 pound bales, a ten year high next year and up 115,000 bales from the previous session, the USDA’s official said.

According to the US Department of Agriculture's bureau in Ankara, Turkish textile exports has raised due to increased sales in Europe, as well as thawing relations with Russia.

Political instability among many of Turkey's neighbours is forcing the industry to focus on competing in the European markets.

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Turkey, the biggest importer of US upland cotton last year, buying 1.1 million bales worth about $500 million announced the investigation into possible dumping of US cotton in the country, the US government and an industry group said, the third dispute over US cotton in recent years and a sign of rising tensions in global trade as prices sink.