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The international cotton trade / Julian Roche.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roche, Julian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cotton trade.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (391 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, England : Woodhead Publishing Limited, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book includes every aspect of the cotton trade, starting with the history and background, its growth and production patterns.It goes on to examine the international trade itself, the key players, recent trends, and a look at cotton prices, forecasting, and the factors that affect the cotton price.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- The International Cotton Trade
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- CHAPTER 1. History and background of cotton
- Physical characteristics of cotton
- From first cultivation to the end of World War II
- Cultivation from World War II to the present day, by country
- CHAPTER 2. The growing of cotton
- Planting and growing
- The cotton cycle
- Pests, diseases and weeds of the cotton plant
- Insecticides
- Herbicides
- Prevention
- Integrated pest management
- Problems with the technology
- Ginning, baling and transportation
- CHAPTER 3. The genetics of cotton
- Cotton agronomy
- Cotton biotechnology
- CHAPTER 4. World cotton production
- Types of cotton
- Extra-long staple cotton
- Long staple cotton
- Short staple
- Wild cotton
- Overview of world cotton production
- Cotton production by country
- The former Soviet Union
- The measurement of quality and type
- CHAPTER 5. World cotton consumption
- The uses of cotton
- Cottonseed
- Trends in consumption and stocks
- Regional cotton consumption
- Newly industrialised countries
- Developing countries
- CHAPTER 6. The international textile industry
- Cotton spinning and manufacture
- Cotton textile manufacturing
- Dyeing, printing and finishing
- The scope of the industry worldwide
- International textile trade
- Competition for cotton
- The last decade
- CHAPTER 7. Cotton prices
- The measurement of cotton prices
- Cotton price trends
- CHAPTER 8. Cotton futures
- The history of futures markets
- New York Cotton Exchange No.2 cotton contract specifications
- Tocom cotton yarn futures contract specifications
- Nagoya Textile Exchange
- Osaka Textile Exchange
- Uses for derivative contracts
- Cotton grower
- Spinner
- Cotton trader.
- A hedged cotton transaction handled by traders (source:Volkart Inc.)
- Speculator
- Other functions of the market
- Market discovery
- Credit provision
- Reducing uncertainty and volatility
- Success of the markets
- The international cotton futures project
- Cotlook World Cotton futures
- Cotlook world cotton options
- The regulation of futures trading
- Forecasting the market
- Fundamental analysis
- Technical analysis
- How successful has forecasting been?
- CHAPTER 9. The international cotton trade
- The pattern of cotton trading after World War II
- The international cotton trade: 1980-90
- The international cotton trade in the 1990s
- Recent trends in the international cotton trade
- Existing international arrangements: export marketing andphysical contracts
- Spot markets
- Current terms of trade
- The Multi-Fibre Agreement
- Cotton trading companies
- The cotton freight market
- The future of international trade in cotton
- The future to 2000
- APPENDIX I: Cotton supply1992/93
- APPENDIX II: Cotton supply 1991/92
- APPENDIX III: Production of cotton
- APPENDIX IV: Harvested area
- APPENDIX V: Yields
- APPENDIX VI: Consumption
- APPENDIX VII: Imports
- APPENDIX VÏII: Exports
- APPENDIX IX: End stocks
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 20, 2015).
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-84569-281-0
- OCLC:
- 926092724
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