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| AREA, PRODUCTION & YIELD COTTON IN THE WORLD, 1999-2000 |
| COUNTRY | PRODUCTION ('000 bales) |
AREA ('000 ha.) |
YIELD (kg./ha.) |
| WESTERN HEMISPHERE | |||
| United States | 16531 | 5425 | 663 |
| Brazil | 2100 | 850 | 538 |
| Mexico | 600 | 160 | 816 |
| Argentina | 900 | 500 | 392 |
| Colombia | 170 | 60 | 617 |
| Paraguay | 325 | 175 | 404 |
| Peru | 185 | 85 | 474 |
| Guatemala | 3 | 2 | 327 |
| Nicaragua | 10 | 4 | 544 |
| Venezuela | 50 | 30 | 363 |
| Others | 97 | 70 | 302 |
| Total | 20971 | 7361 | 620 |
| EUROPE | |||
| Greece | 1750 | 425 | 897 |
| Spain | 550 | 110 | 1089 |
| Others | 33 | 18 | 399 |
| Total | 2333 | 553 | 919 |
| AFRICA | |||
| Egypt | 1075 | 275 | 851 |
| Sudan | 375 | 225 | 363 |
| Zimbabwe | 460 | 300 | 334 |
| South Africa | 230 | 137 | 366 |
| Tanzania | 200 | 250 | 174 |
| Cameroon | 340 | 180 | 411 |
| Nigeria | 250 | 280 | 194 |
| Chad | 375 | 420 | 194 |
| Others | 4098 | 2664 | 335 |
| Total | 7403 | 4731 | 341 |
| ASIA AND OCEANIA | |||
| China | 19000 | 3900 | 1061 |
| FSU-12 | 7480 | 2465 | 661 |
| Uzbekistan | 5200 | 1500 | 755 |
| Turkmenistan | 1200 | 475 | 550 |
| Others | 1080 | 490 | 480 |
| India | 12700 | 8700 | 318 |
| Pakistan | 7800 | 3000 | 566 |
| Turkey | 3900 | 725 | 1171 |
| Australia | 3100 | 450 | 1500 |
| Syria | 1400 | 240 | 1270 |
| Israel | 125 | 15 | 1814 |
| Burma | 130 | 180 | 157 |
| Thailand | 30 | 15 | 435 |
| Afghanistan | 100 | 60 | 363 |
| Others | 874 | 410 | 464 |
| Total | 56639 | 20160 | 612 |
| FOREIGN TOTAL (excluding India) | 74646 | 24105 | 674 |
| WORLD TOTAL | 87346 | 32805 | 580 |