# Brazil Cotton Production and Exports Below Forecast Targets

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2014-09-18
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/cotton-news/brazil-cotton-production-and-exports-below-forecast-targets/

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According to the USDA Bureau in Brazil, low prices and larger-than-anticipated production cuts will leave the country’s cotton export numbers at roughly 2.2 million bales – well below the forecast of 3.7 million bales.

The information, [**recently published in *Agrimoney.com***](http://www.agrimoney.com/news/brazils-cotton-exports-to-miss-forecast-by-a-mile--7501.html), also shows that overall production is expected to drop 12 percent to 6.9 million bales, as growers cut the country’s cotton-growing area to only one million acres.

The article notes that the lower export number would appear to damage Brazil’s status as the world’s third largest cotton shipper.

*Source – Agrimoney.com*