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Comparative analysis of cotton production among leading producers on the international market

Cotton is one of the world's leading agricultural cultures and makes up about 2.5% of the world's arable land. According to the available sources, the leading producers of cotton in the world in the last decade are China, India, USA, Brazil and Pakistan. This paper presents a comparative analysis of cotton production for the two leading countries - China (24.76% of total production) and India (19.43% of total production) in terms of geographical predispositions, population, economy, production rate, prices, import and export.

cotton, international market, production, China, India

The paper is fully supported by the University of Zagreb, under the grant TP15/21 Research of sportswear material properties in the context of comfort and durability in use.