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Cotton harvest fell by 42.2% as against last year's

04 October 2006 [09:38] - TODAY.AZ
As of October 2, 67 200 tonnes of cotton were harvested throughout the country. This figure is a 42.2% decrease as against the same period last year.

As APA reports, the reason is that 8.7% of the cotton fields (9 700 hectares) were not cultivated this year.

15 300 tonnes of cotton were harvested in Saatli, 7 500 tonnes in Sabirabad, 6 700 tonnes in Imishli, 6 600 tonnes in Barda and 5 200 tonnes in Bilasuvar.

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