Turkey: Cotton and Products Update
MY 2015 Turkish cotton crop is estimated at 370,000 hectares and 580,000 metric tons (MT) (2.7 million bales). Excessive rains during the picking season adversely affected quality in Cukurova, and some parts of the Aegean and GAP regions. Domestic cotton consumption increased to 1.4 million metric tons (MMT) (6.4 million bales) in MY 2014 and is expected to remain the same in MY 2015. Total cotton imports during MY 2014 reached 800,000 MT (3.6 million bales) of which 338,000 MT (1.55 million bales) were U.S. cotton. The antidumping investigation on U.S. cotton exports to Turkey is still continuing and causing a disturbance in the Turkish textile industry since Turkey produce less than half of its needs, and about half of the total imports are sourced from the United States.
