SAO PAULO: Brazil is set to become the world’s largest cotton exporter in 2023-24, knocking the United States from the top spot it has held for decades, following a more than 80 per cent surge in shipments this season, local exporters’ association Anea said.
With a month to go until the end of the 2023-24 cycle, the South American country’s position as the world’s number one exporter is a given, according to the group, driven by record output, strong demand from Asian countries and a drop in US production due to........