BETTER COTTON INITIATIVE EXPANDS SUSTAINABLE COTTON PRODUCTION IN TURKEY
January 7th, 2015
The international Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) has revealed to WTiN.com that the volume of cotton in Turkey produced in line with the BCI’s Better Cotton Standard System is forecast to triple within the next two years.According to BCI data, the volume of ‘Better Cotton’ standard lint produced in Turkey in the 2013/14 season was 13,000 tonnes, with that figure forecast to almost double to 24,000 tonnes for the current 2014/15 season, and then grow by a further 54% to 37,000 tonnes in 2015/16.The BCI said that in 2013/14, around 2% of all cotton in Turkey ...
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