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Date de publication : 30-11--0001

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Auteur : ired.org

Type : Ouvrages

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"Africa has traditionally been an important cotton production base. Before the textiles and clothing quota phase-out, cotton markets were mainly in Europe. In 2000, the 27 countries currently members of the European Union imported 1,077 million tons of cotton while China imported 52,000 tons and Bangladesh 192,000 tons. In 2009/10 Europe imported 276,000 tons while China imported\r\n1,893 million tons and Bangladesh 652,000 tons. Today almost 80% of world cotton fibre is processed into yarn in Asia. In contrast, fibre transformation rates in Africa are at a historic low. Thus, on average, 83% of sub-Saharan African\r\ncotton is exported as lint, almost exclusively through international merchants to Asia."\r\n\r\n"International Trade Forum - Issue 2/2010"\r\n\r\ndd \r\n\r\n\r\n