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Cotton losing its position as main oil-bearing crop in Uzbekistan

TASHKENT (TCA) — Eleven plants in Uzbekistan will produce cooking oil from non-traditional oil-bearing crops — soy, sunflower, and safflower, Novosti Uzbekistana news portal reported. Continue reading

Turkey the largest importer of Tajik cotton

DUSHANBE (TCA) — In 2015 Tajikistan exported around 108 thousand tons of raw cotton for US $144.5 million, an almost 25-percent increase compared to 2014, Avesta news agency reported. Continue reading

Uzbekistan to cut cotton production in favor of other crops

TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan will until 2020 reduce the production and state purchases of raw cotton from today’s 3.350 million down to 3 million tons a year, Uzbek President Islam Karimov said at the Government meeting on January 15, Novosti Uzbekistana reported.   Continue reading