The harvest of cotton in Uzbekistan in 2015 decreased by 1.5% to 3.35 million tonnes

Almaty. October 22. Silkroadnews - Uzbek cotton growers collected in 2015 3.35 million tons of raw cotton. This is stated in the published in the local media Congratulations of the President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, KazTAG reports.
The President noted that the cotton farmers in Uzbekistan "skillfully organized their work, worked selflessly throughout the year, focused more on logistics, timely and quality of all agricultural activities".
Uzbekistan produces about 3.5 million tons of raw cotton and 1-1.2 million tons of cotton fiber. About 60% of produced cotton fiber is exported. According to forecasts, the production of cotton in Uzbekistan in 2015 can be maintained at last year's level - about 1 million tons.