TABLE 3.5 Sample of Low-Cost and High-Cost Cotton Producers in World Market
Country
Cotton
Export, 2009
(millions $)
Cotton Export
as % of Total
Prod. Shown
Cotton as % of
Country's Total
Exports, 2009
Income per
Person, 2009
($)
Low-cost producers
Western Africa
Benin
97.6
2.2%
7.8
772
Burkina Faso
248.7
5.5%
27.6
509
Mali
73.2
1.6%
4.1
601
Central Asia
Tajikistan
71.0
1.6%
16.01
734
Uzbekistan
259.7
5.7%
2.4
1,182
High-cost producers
Greece
402.9
8.9%
2.0
28,521
United States
3,368.8
74.5%
0.3
45,793
Total Prod of Cotton
in Countries Shown
4,521.9
100.0%
Sources: Food and Agricultural Organization, World Bank; World Trade Organization