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World cotton prices likely to see further decline next season, to their lowest since 2006-07, despite some attrition in world stocks. According to the Abares Commodities bueau, cotton prices, as measured by the Cotlook A index of physical values, will average a nine-year low of 60.4 cents per pound in 2015-16, down from a forecast 70.3 cents per pound for this season.
Separately, the International Cotton Advisory Committee restated a forecast of the Cotlook A averaging 68 cents a pound this season.
