Uzbekistan says meets cotton harvest target of more than 3.6 mln tonnes |
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TASHKENT (Thomson Financial) - Uzbekistan, the world's second biggest cotton exporter, announced today it has met its cotton harvest target this year of more than 3.6 mln tonnes.This year's bumper crop highlights the results of 'deep reforms in the sector because for the first time it was 100 pct produced by private farmers,' President Islam Karimov said in a message published by state media.The ex-Soviet republic this year eliminated the last Soviet-style collective farms but has been criticised by human rights groups for using child labour.Uzbekistan is the world's second-largest cotton exporter and sixth-largest producer.Annual production in Uzbekistan averages about 3.5 mln tonnes of raw cotton and up to 1.2 mln tonnes of cotton fibre, of which more than 75 pct goes for export.The main importers of Uzbek cotton are Bangladesh, China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea and Vietnam.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comafp/sljCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
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