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Cotton Market Basics and 2024/25 Outlook

Following recent client requests, WPI provides the following overview of the cotton market, its basic structure and recent trends, and a short outlook for MY 2024/25.  Cotton Production  World cotton production is highly concentrated with four countries (China, India, Brazil, and the U.S.) accounting for 71 percent of total production. Pakistan and Australia are the next largest producers but their contribution to the market tends to adjust supplies on the margin rather than provide major directional influences. The world’s largest producers, China and India, account for about 45 percent of global cotton output. China and India are also the two largest users of cotton, though China’s industry for refining cotton and...

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Infrastructure investment due diligence

On behalf of a Canadian oilseed processer WPI's team provided market analysis, econometric modeling and financial due diligence in support of a $24 million-dollar investment in a Ukrainian crush plant. Consistent with WPI's findings, local production to supply the plant and the facility's output have expanded exponentially since the investment. WPI has conducted parallel work on behalf of U.S., South American and European clients, both private and public, in the agri-food space.

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