Uzbekistan, the world's sixth largest producer of cotton and the second largest raw cotton exporter in the world, has reported increased figures in production of cotton fibre, up by 22.9 percent to 1,069 tons, for January-November 2005, said the Uzbek State Statistics Department.
Last year, the production of cotton fibre went up by 3.3 percent to 976,656 in comparison to the previous year, whereas exports of cotton fibre increased by 18.5 percent.
Production of raw cotton stood at 3.8 million tons in 2005, whereas figure for the year 2004 was 3.5 million tons.
Uzbekistan produces approximately 3.5 million tons of raw cotton and 1 to 1.2 million tons of cotton fibers yearly. It exports more than 75 percent of the cotton produced.
