Azerbaijan cotton output will reach 10,000 tons

According to Azerbaijan’s Interfax report on September 17, Azerbaijani President Aliyev said at a meeting on promoting the development of cotton planting industry that day that Azerbaijan’s cotton output will reach 100,000 tons in 2016, much higher than the 3.5% in 2015. million tons, and is expected to reach 250,000-300,000 tons in 2017. It is reported that the cotton sown area in Azerbaijan reached 51,000 hectares in 2016, three times that of 2015. In order to support cotton farmers, Azerbaijan will further increase the national purchase price of cotton. It is expected that the purchase price of grade 1 cotton will reach US$300/ton this year. Azerbaijan’s cotton output will reach 100,000 tons in 2016