abare research report 06 2 prepared for the australian government department of agriculture fisheries and forestry march 2006 in china developments signifi cance australia rr06_2_chinaag_book_ 0310 irr06_2_chinaag_book_ i 22 12 pm22 pm individual commodity chapters 59rr06_2_chinaag_book_ 59 28 production consumption trade policies export opportunities references 8 cotton 181rr06_2_chinaag_book_ 181 13 09 overview since 1999 2000 has been world s largest producer accounting 20 25 per cent supplies averaged more than 4 million tonnes a season use is also large increased sharply trend forecast to continue domestic market closely related textiles apparel which grown rapidly response both incomes domestically expanded markets demand expected grow especially with access that chinese manufacturers now have
