foreign agricultural service gain report global agriculture information network required public distribution date 6 2002 ch2025 china peoples republic of cotton and products annual approved by larry senger us embassy prepared ralph bean rachel matthews highlights planted area production are forecast to fall sharply in my 02 due low prices this combined with continued growth demand from the textile sector drive imports as high 475 tmt tariff rate quotas for have been issued trade under these has already begun includes psd changes yes matrix no beijing ch1 ch table contents situation outlook 1 statistical tables 2 supply mt bales 3 s monthly 4 country origin 5 exports destination 7 yarn thread 8 threads