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World Cotton Day – October 07
October 12 , 2020
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- World Cotton Day (WCD) is observed globally on 7th October since 2019.
- The international day aims to recognize the importance of cotton as a global commodity grown in over 75 countries across five continents.
- The day was inaugurated by the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva.
- WCD Day was initiated by the Group of Cotton-4 countries namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali.
- About 80 per cent of the world’s production comes from Brazil, China, India, Pakistan, the United States and Uzbekistan.
- India amounts to approximately 23% of the world cotton.
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