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Area & Production of Seed Cotton in the World during 2009 |
| S.No. |
Country |
Production in
Tonnes |
Area in Hectares |
%age Share |
|
1 |
China |
19131000 |
4951830 |
11.27 |
|
2 |
India |
12207000 |
10310000 |
7.19 |
|
3 |
Pakistan |
6338000 |
3106000 |
3.73 |
|
4 |
USA |
6330180 |
3112270 |
3.73 |
|
5 |
Uzbekistan |
3419800 |
1317000 |
2.01 |
|
6 |
Brazil |
2928210 |
807876 |
1.72 |
|
7 |
Turkey |
1725000 |
419873 |
1.02 |
|
8 |
Australia |
801700 |
182000 |
0.47 |
|
9 |
Greece |
715000 |
190000 |
0.42 |
|
10 |
Turkmenistan |
667000 |
607000 |
0.39 |
|
11 |
Syria |
652058 |
163700 |
0.38 |
|
12 |
Nigeria |
501300 |
467947 |
0.30 |
|
13 |
Burkina Faso |
483865 |
406278 |
0.29 |
|
14 |
Argentina |
388528 |
289785 |
0.23 |
|
15 |
Egypt |
300000 |
121000 |
0.18 |
|
Total of Top 15 Countries |
56588641 |
26452559 |
33.33 |
|
Total of other 73 Countries |
113177282 |
3978330 |
66.67 |
|
World Total |
169765923 |
30430889 |
100.00 |
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Source: FAO 2009 |
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